News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Social re-use of confiscated assets from organized crime focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Serbia
Publishing date: 6 May 2021
On 5 May 2021, the Serbian Directorate for the Administration of Seized Assets, eight local civil society organizations (CSOs) and OSCE experts discussed opportunities and modalities to socially re-use assets confiscated from organized crime...
OSCE supports 6th Meeting of Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors
Publishing date: 29 April 2021
Over 30 participants took part in the sixth meeting of the Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors (PCOCP) organized online by the OSCE Secretariat in collaboration with the OSCE Mission to Serbia, on 27 April 2021.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro and country’s Police Directorate participate in Security Committee meeting on “Preventing and Countering Terrorist Use of Internet”
Publishing date: 14 April 2021
Marijana Čučuk, Programme Assistant at the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and Jakša Backović, Chief of the Unit for Combating Cyber Crime at the country’s Police Directorate addressed the OSCE Security Committee meeting on “Preventing and Countering Terrorist Use of Internet” on 12 April 2021.
OSCE organizes workshop in Kazakhstan on law enforcement agencies’ responses to COVID-19 pandemic
Publishing date: 18 March 2021
Law enforcement agencies’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and international best practices were the focus of an online OSCE workshop for Ministry of internal affairs officials, law enforcement officers and health authorities in Kazakhstan held on 18 March 2021.
OSCE conducts Safer Communities in Kazakhstan Forum
Publishing date: 12 March 2021
The OSCE-supported “Safer Communities in Kazakhstan” Forum took place on 12 March 2021 in Nur-Sultan. The event focused on unifying the efforts of government bodies and NGOs in developing sustainable and safe communities in Kazakhstan.
OSCE concludes pilot project in Montenegro on how to increase and support the participation of women at all levels of policing
Publishing date: 10 March 2021
PODGORICA/VIENNA, 10 March – Increased participation of women in the police sector contributes to enhancing public confidence in the police. This was the conclusion of an online event of the OSCE project “Increasing and Supporting the Participation of Women at all Levels of Policing” held on 10 March 2021.
OSCE concludes workshops on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 5 March 2021
The OSCE held an online workshop on international co-operation in asset recovery and cross-border collaboration for 11 criminal justice practitioners from Bosnia and Herzegovina from 3 to 5 March 2021.