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Intelligence-led policing in focus of OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 9 June 2016
VIENNA, 9 June 2016 – Over 100 law enforcement experts, academics and representatives from international and regional organizations as well as the OSCE’s 57 participating States and Partners for Co-operation, gathered in Vienna today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, which focuses on a modern policing decision-making model...
Head of OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit addresses UN Chiefs of Police Summit in New York
Publishing date: 4 June 2016
NEW YORK, 3 June 2016 – The OSCE is a platform for co-operation in countering global criminal challenges through police peace operations, said the Head of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit, Guy Vinet as he addressed the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UN COPS) today in New York.
OSCE trains Azerbaijani and Georgian law enforcement officers to combat cybercrime through open source IT forensics and network investigations
Publishing date: 17 May 2016
TBILISI, 17 May 2016 – A five-day training course for law enforcement representatives from Georgia and Azerbaijan on introductory open source IT forensics and network investigations started on Monday in Tbilisi, Georgia...
OSCE, at UN General Assembly Special Session on world drug problem, highlights importance of strengthening co-operation in combating trafficking
Publishing date: 21 April 2016
NEW YORK, 21 April 2016 – Co-operation is needed more than ever to address the world drug problem and to significantly improve international and regional security, said the Head of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit, Guy Vinet on Wednesday as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS 2016) in New York on the world drug problem...
OSCE works to develop co-operation among Eastern European law enforcement agencies in countering illicit trafficking in New Psychoactive Substances
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
MINSK, 17 February 2016 – More than 40 representatives of law enforcement agencies from Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and experts from eight international organizations concluded a two-day discussion in Minsk today on greater co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the increasing spread of new psychoactive substances...
OSCE supports law enforcement trainers from Afghanistan in advancing their knowledge and skills in combatting illicit drugs
Publishing date: 21 December 2015
DOMODEDOVO, Russian Federation, 21 December 2015- Twelve Afghan law enforcement trainers completed an OSCE-organized train-of-trainers course at a Russian training facility near Moscow today, focusing on combatting illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crimes...
Regional workshop in Belgrade explores strengthening cross-border co-operation to address irregular migration-related crimes
Publishing date: 5 November 2015
Strengthening co-operation between criminal justice actors and other relevant stakeholders in addressing crimes related to irregular migration in the Western Balkans was the focus of a regional workshop in Belgrade on 4-5 November 2015, organized by the OSCE and its partners...