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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
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
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
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
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.

OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Advances Gender-Inclusive Policing in Small Arms Control Through IT Equipment Provision

Publishing date: 5 November 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Gender equality, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
Today, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) marked a significant milestone in its ongoing initiative to strengthen gender representation in law enforcement through the provision of IT equipment to the Police Women’s Network Association and the RS Ministry of Interior Women’s Network (RS WPON).

Tackling illegal arms trafficking and migrant smuggling focus of regional high-level event held in Skopje

Publishing date: 5 November 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Policing
SKOPJE, 5 November 2024 — Organized crime poses an urgent threat in South-Eastern Europe, with illegal arms trafficking and migrant smuggling jeopardizing regional and global security. To confront these issues and drive concerted action across the region, the OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with EU4FAST, is hosting a High-Level Police and Customs Co-operation Conference in Skopje from 5 to 7 November.

OSCE Presence in Albania enhances collaboration with Albanian Prosecutors and State Police to combat human trafficking

Publishing date: 1 November 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Good governance, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
The OSCE Presence in Albania has strengthened efforts in the fight against human trafficking by organizing a series of six local-level meetings with prosecutors and police officers throughout September and October 2024. The meetings aimed to address challenges in investigating and prosecuting human

OSCE supports Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs in revising the draft law on police

Publishing date: 26 October 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Policing
From 22 to 26 October, in the Khovaling district, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe assisted the Ministry of Internal Affairs in conducting a working group meeting to review and revise the draft Law on Police.

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
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Policing
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.