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OSCE Presence in Albania organizes reginal meeting of police canine units, introduces training manual
Publishing date: 1 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
On 28 and 29 February 2024, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized the second regional expert meeting on advancing the regulatory framework of police canine units. This event, held for the second year in a row in Albania, brought together representatives of police canine units from Tirana,
OSCE-led Mobile Training Team trains border officers in Tirana
Publishing date: 29 September 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
From 25 to 29 September, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, the Mobile Training Team and the OSCE Presence in Albania, conducted an intensive training programme in Tirana, Albania, focusing on behavioural analysis, interviewing techniques, and crisis management. It benefited twenty border and counter-terrorism officers, as well as representatives from the Security and Investigation Academy of the Albanian State Police.
OSCE Presence in Albania supports the Albanian Law Enforcement Agencies in strengthening investigative capacities against transnational organized crime
Publishing date: 27 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Transnational Threats Department
On 26-27 June, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a two-day training programme for seventeen members of the Albanian State Police (ASP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and General Prosecution Office. The training was held with the support of the Belgian Federal Judicial Police, Italian
Albanian border police strengthen skills in detection of identity and document fraud through OSCE-supported training course
Publishing date: 4 October 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
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.
OSCE Presence visits border crossing points in Albania to assess situation amid COVID-19
Publishing date: 4 May 2020
On 22 and 29 April 2020, the OSCE Presence in Albania visited the border crossing points of Kapshtica and Kakavija to assess the overall situation, as well as measures taken in light of the COVID-19 pandemic...
OSCE trains Albanian border officers on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 14 December 2018
A one-week advanced training course for 15 Albanian border officers from various regions of the country on increasing their operational awareness regarding the detection of forged travel documents was conducted in Tirana from 10 to 14 December 2018. The training was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Security Academy of Albania.
OSCE holds workshop in Albania on establishing Advance Passenger Information system
Publishing date: 2 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
The Border Security and Management Unit (BSMU) of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized a workshop from 31 October to 2 November 2017 on how to establish an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in Albania, aimed to prevent the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and combat terrorism and transnational crime.