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OSCE contributes to Kyrgyzstan’s efforts in preventing extremism and radicalization through community policing
Publishing date: 4 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, 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...
OSCE, UNODC hold expert seminar on curbing money laundering to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – An expert seminar organized by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on leveraging efforts to fight human trafficking through clamping down on money laundering started in Vienna today...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting to focus on reform of criminal justice system
Publishing date: 22 September 2011
VIENNA, 22 September 2011 – A two-day Annual Police Experts Meeting (APEM) that started in Vienna today gathered some 120 international criminal justice experts who will share best practices and discuss how the reform of the criminal justice system can build capacity and increase effectiveness of the police structures...
OSCE holds Kyiv seminar on seizing and recovering illegal proceeds of drugs and crime
Publishing date: 6 September 2011
KYIV, 6 September 2011- The OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit in co-operation with Ukraine’s State Financial Monitoring Service launched an anti-crime profits-recovery seminar in Kyiv today...
OSCE hosts workshop for Central Asian legal experts on international co-operation to combat crime
Publishing date: 11 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Policing
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 11 July 2011 – The fourth annual workshop on international co-operation in criminal matters for legal experts in Central Asia, co-hosted by the OSCE in co-operation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), began in Almaty today...
OSCE launches Romanian version of guide on building trust between police and Roma
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
Content type: News
What we do: Policing, Roma and Sinti
The Romanian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched at a meeting in Romania’s parliament on 8 July 2011...
OSCE launches guide for police on identifying and assisting trafficking victims
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
VIENNA, 21 June 2011 – The OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit launched a new guide today for police on identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking...