News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje organises workshop on hate crime for police managers
Publishing date: 23 June 2016
The OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a workshop on 23 June 2016 for 35 police managers from the Sector of Internal Affairs on identification, prevention and investigation of hate crimes...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek hands over Mobile Police Reception vehicle to police in Issyk-Kul to boost public security
Publishing date: 18 June 2016
CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, 18 June 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today handed over a Mobile Police Reception vehicle, the 19th donation of this kind, to the Issyk-Kul Police. This vehicle aims to contribute to efforts to ensure public security in this tourist region and to promote social partnerships between the police and local communities...
Intelligence-led policing in focus of OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 9 June 2016
VIENNA, 9 June 2016 – Over 100 law enforcement experts, academics and representatives from international and regional organizations as well as the OSCE’s 57 participating States and Partners for Co-operation, gathered in Vienna today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, which focuses on a modern policing decision-making model...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports seminar on strengthening co-operation between prosecutors and police on forensic evidence
Publishing date: 6 June 2016
Application of modern forensic standards in the judiciary with a particular focus on treatment of evidence, forensic analytics and quality control, as well as DNA analysis and crime scene investigation were the focus of an OSCE-supported seminar on 3 June 2016 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro...
Head of OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit addresses UN Chiefs of Police Summit in New York
Publishing date: 4 June 2016
NEW YORK, 3 June 2016 – The OSCE is a platform for co-operation in countering global criminal challenges through police peace operations, said the Head of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit, Guy Vinet as he addressed the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UN COPS) today in New York.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports roundtable discussion on the role of women in creating safer communities
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
The role of women in creating safer communities was the topic of a roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Sector for Internal Affairs Kumanovo that took place in Lipkovo on 3 June 2016. Fourteen women from different ethnic backgrounds who engage with the community on a regular basis discussed how they can contribute to policing, safety and security in the communities...
OSCE trains Azerbaijani and Georgian law enforcement officers to combat cybercrime through open source IT forensics and network investigations
Publishing date: 17 May 2016
TBILISI, 17 May 2016 – A five-day training course for law enforcement representatives from Georgia and Azerbaijan on introductory open source IT forensics and network investigations started on Monday in Tbilisi, Georgia...