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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence organizes crime analysis training course for Albanian State Police
Publishing date: 23 October 2020
A training course on the concepts and techniques of crime analysis for the Albanian State Police, organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, was held from 20 to 23 October 2020 in Tirana...
OSCE-supported Network organizes innovative workshops in management of seized criminal assets
Publishing date: 21 October 2020
The Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN), which is being supported by the OSCE through an extra-budgetary project, organized online workshops on the management of movable assets seized from criminals, particularly confiscated vehicles, from 6 to 16 October 2020. More than 50 members of the judiciary and law enforcement representatives from some 14 full member, associate and observer jurisdictions of BAMIN as well as participants from Georgia, Greece, Italy and the Netherlands participated in the workshops. The workshops were conducted over an online platform and involved participant engagement in different cases studies...
OSCE organizes regional workshop on intelligence-led policing for law enforcement agencies in Central Asian States
Publishing date: 16 October 2020
The Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (SPMU), in co-operation with local field operations, organized a regional training workshop on intelligence-led policing (ILP) on 15 and 16 October 2020 for senior representatives of Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek law enforcement agencies...
OSCE-wide conference emphasizes role of community policing as effective tool for preventing drug use among young people
Publishing date: 6 October 2020
VIENNA, 6 October 2020 – Community policing and a closer partnership between public authorities and youth are effective tools for creating a drug-free environment at the community level, said speakers at the OSCE-wide Conference on Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors held in Vienna and online today...
OSCE conference highlights importance of enhanced strategic partnerships in fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 5 October 2020
VIENNA, 5 October 2020- How to address organized crime through strategic partnerships among law enforcement agencies, national institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector, was the focus of an OSCE conference held in Vienna and online today. Over 250 representatives of government institutions from the OSCE participating States, the OSCE’s Partners for Co-operation, and experts from academia, civil society, the UN and other international and regional organizations, took part...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting: Good relations between police and media can raise public confidence, help solve crimes, keep communities safe
Publishing date: 28 September 2020
VIENNA, 28 September 2020 – A healthy relationship between the police and the media can increase public confidence in law enforcement, help solve crimes and ultimately keep communities safe, said opening speakers of the 2020 OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting (APEM), held in Vienna and online today...
OSCE Presence trains academic staff of first-ever Master’s Programme in Criminology in Albania
Publishing date: 28 September 2020
The OSCE Presence in Albania, together with the Faculties of Law and of Social Sciences of the University of Tirana, organized a training course from 22 to 25 September 2020, for academic staff of the new Master’s Programme in Criminology. The Master’s programme, which will start this academic year, is the first of its kind in Albania. The OSCE Presence in Albania initiated the programme as part of a project financially supported by the United States Mission to OSCE...