OSCE trains border guards on travel document security in Kazakhstan

A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques for 26 border guards concluded in Shymkent, Kazakhstan on 23 February 2018.

Experts from the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior shared best practices in ensuring international document security, including identifying falsified travel documents. Participants learnt about the use of paper and polymer substrates in document security, conventional printing techniques, photo protection and secondary verification. Through practical exercises using confiscated falsified documents, the border guards were able to apply their newly acquired skills.  

The training seminar was organized as part of both the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Travel Document Security Programme as well as the OSCE Programme Office in Astana’s long-term effort to promote the OSCE border security concept in Kazakhstan.

The seminar 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 of Kazakhstan, with support from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Travel Document Security Programme.