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Policing of assemblies should be guided by respect for human rights, say participants of OSCE meeting
The importance of policing assemblies in line with human rights standards and OSCE commitments was highlighted at a meeting of more than 30 police officers and civil society representatives from across the OSCE region, in Vienna on 1 and 2 July 2013...
OSCE supports Afghan-Central Asia co-operation to fight drugs trade
Five senior Afghan law enforcement officials attended a two-day study visit on fighting drugs trafficking from 20 to 21 June 2013 in Tashkent. The visit was organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan...
OSCE trains Albanian law enforcement on seizure of criminal assets derived from human trafficking
An OSCE seminar on financial investigation and seizure of criminal assets related to different form of human trafficking was held with Albanian police, prosecutors, judges and financial investigators on 18 17 April 2013 in Tirana... ()
OSCE meeting in Istanbul ends with call for effective human rights education for law enforcement officials
Police agencies should do more to provide systemic and effective human rights education for its personnel, said participants at a meeting held in Istanbul by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, with the support of the Turkish National Police, on 10 and 11 December 2012...
Fighting illicit drug supply to young people focus of OSCE conference in Vienna
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 - Cutting the supply of illicit drugs to young people is the focus of an OSCE-organized conference which started in Vienna today...
Cybercrime focus of annual OSCE police experts meeting
VIENNA, 20 September 2012 - Experts from academia, the private sector and criminal justice bodies will discuss ways to fight cybercrime at the OSCE’s annual police experts meeting which started in Vienna today...
OSCE trains police in targeting illicit proceeds of human trafficking
PRAGUE, 20 July 2012 – A three-day OSCE training seminar for police and financial investigators in how to identify, seize and confiscate criminal assets arising from human trafficking concluded today in Prague...
OSCE, private companies to support discussion on illegal cigarette trade, internet software piracy in South-Eastern Europe
VIENNA, 20 June 2012 - The OSCE's Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with OSCE field offices in South-Eastern Europe and the commercial sector are supporting a conference on combating the illicit trade in cigarettes and internet software piracy to be held in Ohrid on 21 and 22 June...
Tackling cybercrime focus of OSCE conference in Baku
BAKU, 6 October 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported conference on tackling cybercrime opened in Baku today... ()
OSCE contributes to Kyrgyzstan’s efforts in preventing extremism and radicalization through community policing
BISHKEK, 4 October 2011 – A two-day workshop on how community policing can help counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, organized by the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry, started today in Bishkek... ()