News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and partners help strengthening corruption investigation capacities of Mongolia
Publishing date: 22 September 2017
ULAANBAATAR, 22 September 2017 – A two-day national workshop, followed by a series of bilateral consultations on Cross-Border Co-operation against Corruption and Money Laundering, between officials from Mongolia and international experts from the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office and Interpol, concluded today in Ulaanbaatar.
Border guard training on travel document security and identification conducted by OSCE in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 September 2017
A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques for 32 border guards concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 22 September 2017...
Co-operation on addressing migration-related crimes needed more than ever, say participants at OSCE-supported regional seminar in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 20 September 2017
SARAJEVO, 20 September 2017 – Co-operation on addressing migration-related crimes is needed more than ever, highlight participants of the two-day Regional seminar on Moving Forward in Addressing Migration-related Crimes in South Eastern Europe, which concludes today in Sarajevo...
OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing promoted in Skopje
Publishing date: 7 September 2017
The OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) was promoted on 6 September 2017 in Skopje, during a regional event which brought together some 50 representatives of the public security sector from South-Eastern European countries...
OSCE Programme Office supports Tajik police in developing electronic crime registration system
Publishing date: 5 September 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe handed over a set of documents including technical specification for the first phase of e-crime registration system to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan on 29 August 2017 for further implementation funded by the United States...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports training for law-enforcement bodies to ensure free, fair and transparent presidential election
Publishing date: 7 August 2017
More than 300 representatives of Kyrgyz law-enforcement bodies participated in nine training sessions from 17 July to 6 August 2017 in Bishkek, Jalal Abad, Osh, Batken and Cholpon Ata on how to ensure that the October 2017 presidential election is free, fair and transparent. The training was delivered by the Central Electoral Commission and the Civil Platform Kyrgyz Public Fund, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek...
Annual OSCE-wide Anti-Drug Conference in Vienna explores nexus between illicit drugs, organized crime and terrorism
Publishing date: 10 July 2017
VIENNA, 10 July 2017 – Some 150 representatives of OSCE participating States and OSCE Partners for Co-operation, including government authorities and experts from drug-related agencies, as well as international, regional and civil society organizations and the private sector, met today in Vienna for the start of a two-day conference to discuss the links between illicit drugs, organized crime and terrorism...