News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes intelligence-led policing to strengthen efforts against crime in Moldova
Publishing date: 18 November 2024
From 11 to 15 November, the OSCE gathered representatives from Moldova's General Police Inspectorate in a series of meetings to strengthen national policing strategies through an intelligence-led policing (ILP) framework.
OSCE-led Mobile Training Team marks year one of deployments achieving local ownership milestone in Albania
Publishing date: 15 November 2024
The OSCE-led Mobile Training Team (MTT), a group of 24 border security and counter-terrorism experts from across the OSCE region, met for the second Annual Review Meeting from 11 to 13 November in Tirana, Albania. This was followed by a training workshop for the Albanian Border and Migration Police and Security Training Academy on 14 and 15 November.
Role of gender-sensitive prevention and exit programmes focus on OSCE webinar on International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime
Publishing date: 15 November 2024
To mark the International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against all Forms of Transnational Organized Crime on 15 November, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) held a webinar to discuss the role of women in organized criminal groups. The webinar brought together over x participants including policymakers, criminal justice practitioners, academia and civil society.
OSCE Presence and Secretariat support Albanian authorities to foster international co-operation to combat organized crime and illicit financial activity
Publishing date: 7 November 2024
From 4 to 7 November 2024, prosecutors of the Special Structure against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) and high officials of the Albanian State Police conducted a study visit to Italy focused on operational aspects of financial investigations.
Strengthening police canine capabilities to detect and prevent illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons in South-Eastern Europe focus of OSCE high-level meeting
Publishing date: 25 October 2024
The OSCE hosted a high-level meeting in Vienna on 25 October, focusing on the strategic advancement of police canine capabilities for the prevention and detection of illicit trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in South-Eastern Europe.
How to strengthen women’s participation in organized crime prevention and exit initiatives focus of OSCE side event
Publishing date: 25 October 2024
On 15 October, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings held a side event on the margins of Twelfth Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.
OSCE strengthens inter-agency co-operation on youth crime prevention in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 October 2024
From 1 to 3 October, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities organized a multi-stakeholder workshop in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, aimed at enhancing inter-agency collaboration on youth crime prevention.