Border guard training on travel document security and identification conducted by OSCE in Kazakhstan

A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques for 32 border guards concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 22 September 2017.

Experts from the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior and the US Customs and Border Protection shared best practices in ensuring international document security, including identifying falsified travel documents during document control and possible signs of travellers who are victims of human trafficking. Participants also discussed the use of paper and polymer substrates in document security, conventional printing techniques, photo protection and secondary verification. Through practical exercises with confiscated falsified documents, the border guards were able to apply their newly acquired skills.  

The training seminar was organized as part of both the Transnational Threats Department’s Travel Document Security Programme as well as the Office’s long-term effort to promote the OSCE border security concept in Kazakhstan. It was conducted by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in co-operation with the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Border Guard Service under the National Security Committee, with support from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Travel Document Security Programme.