News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Fighting drug smugglers more efficiently: OSCE works with Council of Europe and partners to produce new online tool for drug enforcement agencies
Publishing date: 6 June 2018
A new OSCE-supported online tool, a handbook designed to help drug enforcement officials to increase the number of arrests of drug smugglers, was launched at the premises of the Council of Europe on 6 June 2018 in Strasbourg, France...
OSCE promotes co-operation among Eastern European law enforcement agencies in digital forensics and network investigations in combating drug-related and other crimes
Publishing date: 5 June 2018
Some 20 representatives of law enforcement agencies from Belarus and the Russian Federation began an OSCE Secretariat-organized five-day training course, from 4 to 9 June 2018 in Minsk, on developing co-operation among law enforcement agencies in digital forensics and network investigations in combating drug-related and other crimes...
Management of Contemporary Security Systems focus of OSCE seminar in Podgorica
Publishing date: 18 May 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Police Academy of Montenegro held a three-day seminar on the management of contemporary security systems, police leadership qualities, from 14 to 16 May 2018 in Podgorica...
Combating destruction of cultural heritage and trafficking in cultural property in Central Asian Region focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Tashkent
Publishing date: 18 May 2018
TASHKENT, 18 May 2018 – Practical measures to combat illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property in the Central Asian Region was the focus of a five-day regional workshop, which concluded today in Tashkent...
Countering illegal sale of drugs online focus of OSCE-supported training course in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 May 2018
The latest trends in using the Internet to illegally buy and sell drugs and how to counter this phenomenon were the focus of an OSCE-supported training course for law enforcement officials from Kazakhstan’s Regional Hub to Counter Global Threats which concluded on 18 May 2018 in Astana...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro-supported workshop on development of Police human resources management strategy held in Kolasin
Publishing date: 15 May 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, jointly with the Norwegian Centre for Integrity in the Defence Sector (CIDS) and the representatives of the Internal Affairs Ministry/Police Directorate, held a workshop to discuss the first draft of the 2019-2024 Police Human Resources Management Strategy on 9 and 10 May 2018 in Kolasin...
OSCE supports Tajik state traffic police department in public safety efforts
Publishing date: 14 May 2018
The Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Tuula Yrjölä, met with students of Gymnasium No. 74 in Dushanbe on 10 May 2018 together with representatives of the State Traffic Police Department to raise their awareness of traffic rules.