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OSCE course trained Uzbek border and customs officers in behavioural detection and interviewing
Publishing date: 4 July 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Policing
From 24 to 28 June, the Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the government of Uzbekistan, held a national training course on behavioural detection and interviewing techniques to be used at border crossing points in Uzbekistan. This course was attended by 15 first- and second-line border and customs officers.
Criminal justice practitioners from South-Eastern Europe and Moldova discuss role of women in organized crime at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 3 July 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
On 2 and 3 July, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia, 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 South-Eastern
OSCE’s training on open-source intelligence and online investigations delivered in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
How to conduct online investigations, as well as effectively identifying and collecting data and information from online open sources was the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek from 24 to 28 June 2024.
OSCE strengthens stakeholder co-operation in Moldova to prevent youth crime
Publishing date: 26 June 2024
Content type: News
On 25 June, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities held a workshop for state authorities on strengthening multi-stakeholder engagement to effectively prevent youth involvement in criminal and corrupt activities. The workshop in Chisinau was organized in co-operation with Foundation Terre des hommes Moldova.
OSCE hosts panel discussion on asset recovery at the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Vilnius
Publishing date: 24 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
The 21st International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) brought together leading activists, community actors, private sector, government practitioners and international organizations from across the globe to Vilnius, Lithuania, to discuss common challenges and opportunities in the fight against corruption, from 18 to 21 June.
Summer school visit to the OSCE focuses on preventing organized crime through whole-of-society approaches
Publishing date: 18 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
On 18 June, the OSCE Secretariat hosted a group of international students in Vienna, Austria, for a summer school visit on organized crime. The visit provided participants with hands-on experience of the Organization's programmatic activities, offering them a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the OSCE's comprehensive whole-of-society approach to the prevention of organized crime.
Regional co-ordination meeting on combating cybercrime in Central Asia held in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
On 13 June, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a regional co-ordination meeting for 20 senior representatives of law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities and educational institutions from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Vienna, Austria.