News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains border guards in Serbia on detecting forged and counterfeited documents
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
A one-week training course for 15 Serbian border guards to enhance their skills in detecting forged and fraudulent documents as well as imposters was held from 29 October to 2 November 2018 in Belgrade. The course was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan conducts training course for police investigators on protecting rights of alleged victims and accused persons during preliminary investigations
Publishing date: 31 October 2018
TASHKENT, 31 October 2018 – A three-day training course on protecting the rights of alleged victims and accused persons for police investigators from Tashkent and the surrounding area, conducted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, commenced today.
OSCE co-organizes international conference on challenges and approaches to security co-operation in Astana
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
New challenges and approaches to regional and global security in Central Asia were the focus of an OSCE-supported international conference held in Astana on 26 October 2018...
OSCE concludes training seminar in Kazakhstan on countering cybercrime
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on countering cybercrime for representatives of Kazakhstan’s governmental institutions and law-enforcement agencies concluded on 26 October 2018 in Astana...
Combatting illicit trafficking in cultural property focus of OSCE-organized Turkmen-Afghan workshop in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
An OSCE-organized joint Turkmen-Afghan workshop on combating illicit trafficking in cultural property concluded on 25 October 2018 in Ashgabat.
Strategies for future policing focus of OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting
Publishing date: 22 October 2018
The likely challenges that the law enforcement agencies will face in the years to come and strategies for future policing were the focus of the OSCE’s 2018 Annual Police Experts Meeting, held in Vienna on 22 and 23 October 2018...
OSCE, Southeast European Law Enforcement Center update manual for regional law enforcement officers on combating trafficking of illicit drugs
Publishing date: 15 October 2018
A manual designed to assist law enforcement officers in South-East Europe in launching controlled delivery operations to combat the trafficking of illicit drugs and their precursors has been updated by the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC)...