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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission welcomes Italy-Serbia co-operation in fighting organized crime
Publishing date: 12 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the signing of an agreement between the National Anti-Mafia Bureau of Italy and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Serbia, together with the Organized Crimes...
OSCE Mission trains Montenegrin prison staff to combat drug abuse in prisons
Publishing date: 3 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 3 November 2003- Over half of the prison staff in Montenegro have today completed a ten-day training programme on fighting drug abuse among inmates, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro. The Head of the OSCE...
Expert meeting develops recommendations for reform of Montenegro's anti-trafficking legislation
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
PODGORICA, 25 June 2003- International and national legal experts met in Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro, this week to develop recommendations for the reform of anti-trafficking provisions in Montenegro's criminal law...
OSCE Mission dissatisfied by outcome of Montenegrin human trafficking case
Publishing date: 10 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BELGRADE, 10 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro is dissatisfied that the municipal prosecutor has decided not to proceed with a high-profile human trafficking case in Montenegro, in which a young woman from Moldova accused...
Hundreds of cyclists tour Montenegro, Albania and Italy to highlight scourge of trafficking
Publishing date: 6 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 6 May 2003- Over 400 hundred people took part in a ten-day biking tour through Montenegro, Albania and Italy to raise awareness about human trafficking. The tour, which started in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 27 April finished in Durres...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office: no premature discussion about final status of Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
THE HAGUE, 24 April 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, does not support the idea of starting a discussion now about the final status of Kosovo. "I believe such a discussion is premature at...
OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds co-ordination meeting on combating organized crime
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today brought together the donor community and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries on the issue of co-ordinating the fight against organized crime. The informal meeting...