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Joint OSCE-UNODC training course on cryptocurrencies and Darknet investigations held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
From 19 to 23 June, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in conjunction with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, organized a training course on cryptocurrencies and Darknet investigations at the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Summer school visit to the OSCE
Publishing date: 22 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
On 22 June, the OSCE Secretariat welcomed a group of international students to Vienna for a summer school visit aimed at providing hands-on experience of the Organization's programmatic activities. This visit offered participants an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the OSCE's comprehensive approach to security.
Training strengthens criminal justice responses to violence against women and girls in Montenegro
Publishing date: 16 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
From 12 to 16 June 2023, gender-responsive policing of violence against women and girls (VAWG) was the focus of a national specialized training course in Bar. The training was organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) in co-ordination with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro.
First OSCE training course on cybercrime and digital evidence in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 June 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Policing
From 5 to 9 June, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, organized an introductory training course on cybercrime and digital evidence at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
OSCE continues webinars on trends in contemporary policing for cadets in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 2 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Policing
On 1 June, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in close co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized a webinar for cadets and lecturers from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.
Moldova takes over Presidency of OSCE-supported Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network
Publishing date: 1 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Policing, Rule of law
The Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) held its first Steering Group Meeting of this year on 30 and 31 May 2023, in Chisinau, Moldova. During the meeting, the Moldovan National Anti-Corruption Centre’s Criminal Assets Recovery Agency took over the Presidency of the BAMIN, previously held by Montenegro’s Department of Confiscated Property Management within the Cadastre and State Property Administration.
OSCE hosts side event on whole-of-society approach to youth crime prevention
Publishing date: 23 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
On 23 May 2023, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department hosted a side event on Promoting a whole-of-society approach to youth crime prevention on the margins of the 32nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The event was organized in co-operation with the Permanent Missions of Germany and Italy to the OSCE.