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Organized crime and the role of women in criminal networks in focus at OSCE lecture
Publishing date: 31 January 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
From 29 to 31 January 2024, 25 graduate students from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia participated in a training programme dedicated to organized crime and the often-overlooked role of women in criminal networks. This event was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and OSCE Transnational Threats Department.
Criminal intelligence analysis: OSCE delivers training programme for Albanian State Police
Publishing date: 21 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
From 11 to 22 December 2023, the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Presence in Albania delivered in Tirana, Albania a training programme for 40 junior analysts from the Albanian State Police Intelligence and Criminal Archives Directorate.
OSCE provides technical equipment to the General Police Inspectorate of Moldova
Publishing date: 21 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
On 18 December 2023, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) participated in an event to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Moldovan Police at the invitation of the General Police Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. During the event, the police underscored the need for an
Role of women in organized crime in focus at OSCE workshop for law enforcement in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
On 18 and 19 December, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized a regional workshop to present and discuss the findings of the OSCE assessment report on ‘Understanding the role of women in organized crime’ in the context of Central Asia. The workshop was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
OSCE strengthens young people’s resilience to organized crime and corruption in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 18 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance, Policing, Youth
Strengthening youth resilience to organized crime and corruption in South-Eastern Europe was the aim of a civil society organizations’ regional grants programme, carried out by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
OSCE Mission supports Kosovo Police with training on individual needs assessment for victims of hate crimes
Publishing date: 1 December 2023
Between 5 October and 30 November 2023, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in co-operation with Kosovo Police, trained a total of 142 police officers from different communities on individual needs assessment for victims of hate crimes.
Trafficking of cultural property in BiH may represent a serious security threat, concluded the panelists at discussion in Tuzla
Publishing date: 1 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Border management, Policing
TUZLA, 1 December 2023- The OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the Center against Trafficking in Works of Art (CPKU), hosted the exhibition “Missing Works of Art”, which was followed by a panel discussion on combatting illicit trafficking in cultural property in BiH.