News and press releases

A simulation-based training on combating human trafficking — the first of this kind in Albania — took place from 18 to 21 October 2021 in Tirana. The training, organized by the OSCE Presence and the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, promoted an innovative approach to the capacity development of anti-trafficking practitioners...

Eighteen young journalists from the Western Balkans gathered in Tirana from 10 to 14 October 2021 to discuss media challenges across the region and brainstorm on ways of tackling them...

An advanced training programme on crime analysis, organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, was held from 5 to 8 October 2021, in Durrës. Building upon last year’s training course on the concepts and techniques of crime analysis for Albania’s State Police, the course was tailored to the needs of the Crime Information Analysis Units of State Police and the Albanian Financial Intelligence Unit.

Albanian border police officers enhanced their skills and knowledge in detecting document and identity fraud at border crossing points through a five-day, hands-on training course jointly organized by the OSCE’s Border Security and Management Unit, the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Austrian Ministry of Interior from 27 September to 1 October 2021.

A four-day course aimed at further strengthening Albania’s capacity to counter the financing of terrorism concluded on 11 September 2021 in Pogradec, Albania. The course was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, with the support of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the OSCE Presence in Albania.

The OSCE Presence in Albania is making further progress in its efforts to help the Albanian Public Broadcasting Service (Radio Televizioni Shqiptar- RTSH) establish a training centre for young RTSH reporters and journalism students.

From 7 to 9 September 2021, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized an advanced training programme on “Complex International/Joint Investigations on Drug Trafficking” for sixteen officers of Albania’s State Police’s Anti-Drug Units and Security Academy. The training took place at the Albanian Security Academy in Tirana. The training is the continuation of last year’s drug investigation course organized by the Presence in support of Albania’s State Police to improve international co-operation and tackle organized crime...