News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports implementation of National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorism financing in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 22 September 2014
TASHKENT, 22 September 2014 – An OSCE-organized workshop on a National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorism financing for officials from 15 different ministries and agencies involved in the implementation of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism standards in Uzbekistan took place today in Tashkent...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports annual Pamir Invest Forum to promote investment and regional trade
Publishing date: 18 August 2014
The annual Pamir Invest Forum, bringing together more than 160 participants from across the country, and Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan, was held in Khorog on 15 and 16 August 2014, with the support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, and focused on domestic and foreign investment opportunities, tourism and regional co-operation...
OSCE Centre trains NGOs in Kazakhstan on addressing human rights violations in business
Publishing date: 31 July 2014
Building the capacity of civil society to address human rights violations committed in the business sphere was the aim of an OSCE-supported training seminar that took place in Almaty on 31 July 2014...
OSCE Centre facilitates workshop in Kazakhstan on countering corruption
Publishing date: 25 July 2014
A three-day OSCE-supported national workshop on the prevention, detection and suppression of corruption-related crimes in Kazakhstan concluded on 25 July 2014 in Astana...
Participants from Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan learn about cross-border trade at OSCE / UNECE event
Publishing date: 23 July 2014
DUSHANBE, 23 July 2014 – A three-day workshop for participants from Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on simplifying and harmonizing procedures for international trade concluded at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...
OSCE urges law enforcement to follow the money and crack down on human trafficking crimes
Publishing date: 14 July 2014
Law enforcement agencies need to focus on the financial proceeds of human trafficking in order to more effectively penalize the criminals who organize modern-day slavery networks, concludes a new publication launched by the OSCE today...
Kyrgyzstan removed from FATF non-co-operative countries list, with OSCE assistance
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Kyrgyzstan has been removed from the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will no longer be subject to the FATF’s monitoring process under its ongoing global process of compliance with requirements on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). This was announced at the third FATF Plenary meeting held from 25 to 27 June 2014 in Paris. The OSCE Centre in Bishkek contributed to this through providing technical assistance to Kyrgyzstan...