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International co-operation on asset recovery focus of training course held by OSCE and Guardia di Finanza in Rome
Publishing date: 28 April 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
The OSCE and the Italian Guardia di Finanza delivered a training course on asset recovery for criminal justice practitioners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia from 26 to 28 April. The three-day training course aimed to enhance the knowledge and skills of participants related to financial investigations and asset recovery, with a focus on regional and international co-operation in joint investigations.
Education of criminal justice actors in Central Asia on cybercrime and digital evidence discussed at regional meeting in Tashkent
Publishing date: 10 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Policing
Approaches and methodologies for education on cybercrime and digital evidence for criminal justice practitioners were at the centre of a two-day regional meeting held on 9 and 10 March 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Georgian authorities strengthen skills to combat cryptocurrencies risks through OSCE-UNODC training course in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 6 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Policing
Twenty law enforcement and government representatives strengthened their skills in identifying and investigating the illegal use of cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets through a training course held from 27 February to 2 March 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Enhancing social re-use of confiscated assets in Serbia focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 25 January 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: Policing
On 24 January, the OSCE organized the third National Workshop on Social Re-use of Confiscated Assets in Serbia. The event brought together representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Republic’s Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime, civil society and other international organizations.
OSCE facilitates exchange on asset recovery between German Federal Criminal Police Office and Serbian Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime
Publishing date: 25 January 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: Policing
Prosecutors working on organized crime and asset recovery cases in Serbia and a judge from the Belgrade High Court visited the German Federal Criminal Police Office in Wiesbaden for a study visit on 24 and 25 January.
OSCE completes training of trainer on identifying false documents and impostors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 December 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
On 5-16 December 2022, the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina organized a two-week train-the-trainers course on identifying forged documents and impostors at border crossing points with the use of specialised equipment in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Police officers apply gender-responsive policing of violence against women and girls through OSCE course in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 15 December 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing