News and press releases

Security and justice can only be achieved when institutions co-operate across the entire chain- from investigation to prosecution to adjudication. A forensic result, no matter how advanced, only has meaning when police investigators can use it, prosecutors can validate it, and judges can trust it. This was a key message at the 10th Regional Forensic Conference titled “Advancing Technologies in Facial Recognition, Fingerprint, DNA and Vehicle Forensics to Address Transnational Organized Crime.”

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) organized a webinar for representatives from border security and law enforcement agencies from the OSCE area, addressing a critical but often overlooked aspect of organized crime: the roles that women play within criminal networks. Drawing on

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina organized a specialized training on collecting intelligence data from open-sources (OSINT), which concluded today in Sarajevo. Consistent application of intelligence-led policing (ILP) is key to ensuring that Bosnia and Herzegovina is well-prepared to

As part of its efforts to strengthen the analytical and operational capacity of the Kosovo Police, from 23 to 25 September, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo delivered an advanced training on criminal analysis to 20 analysts from the Department of Intelligence and Analysis and other analytical units within the Kosovo Police.

From 8 to 12 September 2025, in Sremska Kamenica (Serbia), the OSCE Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit (TNTD/SPMU) organized a series of basic training courses on gender-responsive policing for violence against women and girls, in co-operation with the Basic Police Training Centre under the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia and the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

During his first official visit to Tuzla, Vukosavlje and Odžak, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission), Ambassador Rick Holtzapple, reaffirmed the Mission’s commitment to supporting regional stability, arms control and effective institutional co-operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Prishtinë / Priština, 12 September 2025 As part of ongoing efforts to enhance public safety and emergency preparedness, the OSCE Mission donated 11 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the Kosovo Police to support life-saving interventions in critical situations.