News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
North Macedonia enhances inter-agency co-operation and develops new approaches to disrupt the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 6 October 2022
On 6 October, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, organized a train-the-trainer course aimed at improving the skills of officials from North Macedonia to disrupt terrorist groups through the application of financial tools.
Re-use and Social Re-use of Confiscated Assets at the centre of discussion of OSCE workshop in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 29 September 2022
On 27 September, the OSCE held the third workshop on the use and social re-use of confiscated assets in North Macedonia, which gathered government representatives, civil society, and national and international legal experts, to foster public discourse on this highly relevant topic.
Combating illicit trafficking of cultural property focus of OSCE developmental workshop in Edinburgh
Publishing date: 22 September 2022
As part of its ongoing multi-year program to combat the illicit trafficking of cultural property, from 12 to 14 September in Edinburgh, Scotland, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department led a workshop comprised of subject matter experts to develop a first of its kind interactive training program for OSCE participating States’ law enforcement and border security personnel.
Management of Seized and Confiscated Vehicles focus of OSCE Supported Online Training
Publishing date: 21 September 2022
On 19 and 20 September, the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN), supported by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), held online training sessions on the management of seized and confiscated vehicles. The training focused on both national and cross-border aspects of managing these vehicles.
Upcoming Conference on International and Regional Border Security and Management Co-operation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the Movement of Terrorists to be held in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 15 September 2022
The International High-Level Conference on “International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the Movement of Terrorists” will take place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 18-19 October 2022. This two-day conference is co-organized by the Government of
OSCE Co-ordinator of Transnational Threats stresses the importance of a victim-centered and human rights-compliant approach to counter terrorism
Publishing date: 12 September 2022
From 6 to 9 September, Ambassador Alena Kupchyna, the OSCE Co-ordinator of Activities to Address Transnational Threats (TNTD), and Fejzo Numanaj, the Acting Head of the TNTD Action against Terrorism Unit, participated in the United Nations Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism in New York.
New OSCE policy brief sheds light on linkages between violent misogynistic and violent extremist attitudes
Publishing date: 9 September 2022
The prevalence of violent misogynistic attitudes across the ideological spectrum of violent extremism, and the risks related to overlooking this issue in policymaking, is the focus of a new OSCE policy brief published today in Vienna.