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OSCE and Permanent Mission of Turkey to the OSCE organize online training on countering transnational organized crime
Publishing date: 14 June 2021
From 14 to 18 June 2021, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit and the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the OSCE organized an online training course for some 30 criminal justice practitioners from three OSCE participating States – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – focusing on countering transnational organized crime...
OSCE-supported Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network holds joint training course on management of companies
Publishing date: 10 June 2021
On 8 and 9 June 2021, the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) conducted its first joint training course for 2021 focused on the management of companies.
OSCE holds regional workshop on social re-use of confiscated assets in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 8 June 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
The OSCE, together with Libera, an Italian civil society organization working on social re-use of confiscated property, organized a two-day online workshop on social re-use of confiscated assets on 8 and 9 June 2021...
OSCE promotes social re-use of confiscated assets in Montenegro
Publishing date: 4 June 2021
The OSCE organized an online workshop on the social re-use of confiscated criminal assets in Montenegro on 3 June 2021. The workshop brought together representatives from civil society organizations, law enforcement and the Cadastre and State Property Administration of Montenegro.
Tackling drug trafficking and its links to other forms of organized crime requires co-ordination and co-operation
Publishing date: 1 June 2021
VIENNA, 1 June 2021 — Tackling drug trafficking and its links with other forms of organized crime requires a co-ordinated and co-operative approach, said participants at the opening of this year’s OSCE-wide Conference on Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors being held online today.
Social re-use of confiscated assets focus of OSCE training courses for civil society organizations in Albania and North Macedonia
Publishing date: 19 May 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Strengthening the involvement of civil society organizations in the social re-use of assets confiscated from organized crime was the focus of two OSCE training courses held in Albania on 28 and 29 April 2021 and in North Macedonia on 17 and 18 May 2021.
International strategies and best practices for community policing explored at OSCE workshop series in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 May 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Sharing international strategies and best practices from across the OSCE region is the aim of an OSCE workshop series for Armenia’s Ministry of Justice and police launched on 17 May 2021. The online workshops are designed to support Armenia’s implementation of police reforms by strengthening community policing strategies.