News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports Workshop to enhance capacity of the Common Contact Centres
Publishing date: 21 May 2015
Police officers from Common Contact Centres will meet at border crossing point with Bulgaria, Deve Bair, on 21 May 2015 to share experiences and enhance capacity on fighting organized crime...
OSCE-supported workshop in Uzbekistan debates fighting cyber threats
Publishing date: 20 May 2015
TASHKENT, 20 May 2015 – A two-day workshop on cyber and ICT security issues began in Tashkent today. The event brought together some 40 participants, including 10 international experts from Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, USA as well as representatives of the national parliament, judiciary, ministries for information technology, foreign affairs, academia and law enforcement agencies...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana concludes training seminars on National Preventive Mechanism
Publishing date: 20 May 2015
The last in a series of four OSCE-supported training seminars on the practical aspects of implementation of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment in Kazakhstan took place on 20 May 2015 in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan facilitates training on crime scene examination and forensic recovery of evidence
Publishing date: 8 May 2015
DUSHANBE, 08 May 2015 – A five-day training on Crime Scene Examination and Forensic Recovery of Evidence for the law enforcement agencies concluded today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje facilitates training in Ankara on techniques for investigating organized crime
Publishing date: 4 May 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Turkish National Police will train ten police officers from Skopje at the Turkish Academy against Drugs and Organized Crime (TADOC) in Ankara, Turkey from 4 to 8 May 2015, on techniques for investigating organized crime...
OSCE-supported study on probation service establishment presented in Yerevan
Publishing date: 29 April 2015
YEREVAN, 29 April 2015 – OSCE Office supported study on perspectives of penitentiary reform and introduction of a probation service in Armenia was presented on 28 April 2015 in Yerevan...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan and partners focus on community policing in workshop
Publishing date: 29 April 2015
DUSHANBE, 29 April 2015- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the Department of State’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs supported a three-day roundtable discussion which ended today with the aim of introducing the concept of community policing in Tajikistan and fostering closer co-operation between law enforcement agencies and local media on ongoing police reform...