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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission and Serbian Ministry of Interior hold regional conference on organized crime
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
BELGRADE, 16 December 2004- Improving the exchange of operational information and advancing regional co-operation in the fight against organized crime, particularly in drug smuggling, was the focus of a two-day conference that ended yesterday in...
OSCE Office sponsors computer system to enhance police effectiveness in Baku
Publishing date: 10 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Policing
BAKU, 10 December 2004- A new computer system which allows district police departments to build a common database of violations, accidents and crimes, started working today in Baku. Created with the help of the OSCE Office...
OSCE Mission helps plan future of police training in Serbia
Publishing date: 7 December 2004
BELGRADE, 7 December 2004- Some 150 domestic and international experts gathered in Belgrade to assess progress in reforming police training in Serbia and discuss plans for the future, including the new Law on Police Education. The two-day event...
OSCE Mission signs agreement with Serbian Interior Ministry on police reform
Publishing date: 17 November 2004
BELGRADE, 17 November 2004- A strategic partnership for democratic reform of the Serbian police service was concluded today with the signing of an agreement between Serbia's Interior Ministry and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro. The Ministry...
OSCE mission brings British police officers, local government representatives to train police and municipal officials in south Serbia
Publishing date: 11 November 2004
BELGRADE, 11 November, 2004- As part of the Community Policing and Community Safety programmes to assist the Serbian Interior Ministry in its efforts to reform the police, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro has brought British police officers...
OSCE Magazine features police reform in Kyrgyzstan, interview with U.S. Ambassador
Publishing date: 28 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Policing
VIENNA, 28 October 2004- Kyrgyzstan's ground-breaking efforts to modernize its culture of policing, U.S. views on the future of the OSCE and on its role in observing next week's U.S. presidential election, combating the new "cyber-hate", and...
OSCE Mission and Swedish Government to strengthen crime scene investigation capacity in Serbia
Publishing date: 4 October 2004
BELGRADE, 4 October 2004- Under an agreement signed today in Belgrade, Sweden will donate 1.35 million euros to Serbia's Interior Ministry to enhance its crime scene investigation capabilities. TheSwedish police will train 250 crime scene and forensic...