News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
A Game-Changer in Combating Arms Trafficking: The New Regional Center
Publishing date: 30 September 2024
Against the backdrop of persistent security challenges in South-Eastern Europe, a milestone in the fight against transnational threats and organized crime has been achieved. Today, the OSCE Mission to Skopje opened the new state-of-the-art Regional K9 Training and Certification Centre in Gjorche
OSCE concludes training course for Uzbekistan’s canine handlers
Publishing date: 30 September 2024
On 26 September, the OSCE Secretariat Transnational Threats Department, in partnership with the UK Surrey Police Dog Training Center concluded a one-month training course for the National Canine (K9) Training Center under the Customs Committee of Uzbekistan. The course is aimed at strengthening the capacity of Uzbek K9 instructors to effectively use dogs in countering transnational threats through better detection of drugs, cash, and firearms at border check points.
Pre-Election Debates Wrap Up: OSCE Urges Citizens to Make Their Voices Heard at the Polls
Publishing date: 30 September 2024
Between 16 and 28 September 2024, the OSCE Mission to BiH (Mission) has successfully concluded a series of pre-election debates, an essential component of the democratic process, aimed at ensuring citizens are well-informed about the candidates and their platforms. These debates took place in the
Third Meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on Combating Cybercrime in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 September 2024
On 18 September 2024, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana held the third and final meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on the development of Kazakhstan’s first Comprehensive Action Plan to Counter Cybercrimes and Crimes using Information and Communication Technologies for 2025-2029 (hereinafter, Action Plan).
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports women empowerment in the water sector
Publishing date: 28 September 2024
On 27-28 September 2024, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (POiD) conducted a two-day training session for 30 members, comprising 4 men and 23 women, of the Steering Committee of the Syrdarya Women Basin Forum in Tajikistan.
Enhancing co-operation between the public sector and financial institutions in countering the financing of terrorism focus of OSCE training course in Albania
Publishing date: 27 September 2024
With a focus on further enhancing co-operation between the public sector and financial institutions to counter the financing of terrorism (CFT), the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a training course on 24-26 September 2024 in Durres, Albania.
Judicial integrity and transparency in focus at regional conference on strengthening judicial responses to organized crime and corruption
Publishing date: 27 September 2024
A two-day conference, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and organized as part of the OSCE’s Western Balkans Trial Monitoring Project, brought together leading judicial representatives and legal experts from across the South-Eastern Europe. Convening judicial actors from all six jurisdictions in the region, the event aimed to address the prosecution and adjudication of organized crime and corruption (OCC) cases in the region.