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International co-operation to fight drug trafficking focus of OSCE experts meeting
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
VIENNA, 17 July 2008- How international co-operation can make the fight against trafficking in illicit drugs and chemical precursors more effective is the focus of a two-day OSCE expert conference that began today in Vienna...
OSCE hosts Central Asia legal workshop to help boost fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 9 July 2008- International legal experts joined 68 counterparts from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Ukraine today at an OSCE-hosted workshop focusing on confiscating criminal assets, combating money laundering...
Human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia threaten security and human rights, says OSCE official
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TASHKENT, 15 May 2008- The need to distinguish between trafficking in human beings and human smuggling, and to tackle the crimes from both a security and human rights perspective, were emphasized at an OSCE workshop that concluded in Tashkent today...
Combating human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TASHKENT, 14 May 2008- Building capacity of national criminal justice systems in Central Asia and improving co-operation and information exchange between investigative agencies and central authorities are the aims of a workshop in Tashkent today...
Implementing UN convention on organized crime focus of OSCE Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
VIENNA, 7 April 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in implementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols is the focus of a workshop that opened in Vienna today...
Regional co-operation in fighting illicit drugs threat focus of OSCE workshop in Istanbul
Publishing date: 24 January 2008
ISTANBUL, 24 January 2008- Enhancing law enforcement and judicial co-operation to curb the illicit drug trade on the Balkan routes is the aim of a regional workshop that opened in Istanbul today. It was organized by the OSCE, UNODC and...
OSCE Office in Baku inaugurates new academic year and curriculum at police school
Publishing date: 16 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 16 January 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan today celebrated the beginning of the new academic year and the launch of a new curriculum at the Baku Police School...