OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan’s State Border Service officers on document authenticity identification

Thirty-two representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s State Border Service from across the country have successfully completed a five-day training course on verification and recognition of falsified documents. The training took place from 10 to 14 June in Osh, and from 17 to 21 June 2019 in Novopokrovka, Kyrgyzstan. It was carried out with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek by two invited experts from Regula, a Belarus-based company that specializes in the production of documents authenticity verification devices.  

The experts, Aliaksandr Lazitski and Mikhail Skachkou, presented various methods of fabrication of documents and banknotes, essential techniques of authenticity verification as well as the use of modern technical devices for these purposes.

“The content of the training is crucially relevant and important in view of external threats to Kyrgyzstan’s security, such as terrorism,” said Lazitski.