News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training on countering transnational organized crime and drug trafficking
Publishing date: 30 March 2015
ALMATY, 30 March 2015 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on countering transnational organized crime and trafficking in drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors began today in Almaty...
Kyrgyzstan to report on anti-corruption legal and institutional framework progress at 15th Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan meeting in Paris
Publishing date: 23 March 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting the participation of the Kyrgyz delegation in the Anti-corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) plenary meeting on 23-24 March 2015 in Paris, France...
OSCE helps develop anti-money laundering certification program for Kazakhstan’s financial sector
Publishing date: 10 March 2015
The first meeting of the OSCE-supported Working Group on developing an Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) certification programme for the financial sector was held on 10 March 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE report calls for sustainable policy on subsidized transportation for communities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 4 March 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 4 March 2015- Kosovo needs sustainable policy on special or subsidized transportation services so that communities and vulnerable groups are able to travel and access different services, including education, health, and municipal administration, concludes an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report presented today...
OSCE supports discussion of draft laws on access to information and countering corruption
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
ASTANA, 27 February 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on developing national legislation on access to information, countering corruption and public oversight took place today in Astana. The event was initiated by the Legal Council of National Democratic Party Nur Otan and co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Prosecutor General’s Office with the support of the Legal Policy Research Centre, Internews-Kazakhstan and Soros Foundation- Kazakhstan...
Kyrgyzstan presents OSCE-supported risk assessment in money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 23 February 2015
The Kyrgyz State Financial Intelligence Service in co-operation with the OSCE Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, and the World Bank presented an assessment of national risks in money laundering and financing of terrorism in the Kyrgyz Republic on 20 February 2015. Senior officials from law enforcement and public sector agencies also participated in the presentation...
OSCE improves capacity of Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior to combat organized crime
Publishing date: 3 February 2015
BISHKEK, 3 February 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today handed over a Volkswagen T5 minibus, to the Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior’s Department for Combating Organized Crime, to enhance their work and crime scene investigations...