News and press releases

DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 29 April 2014 – Twelve Afghan officers from federal and provincial police authorities completed an OSCE-supported two-week train-the-trainers course near Moscow today on combatting illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crimes...

On 28 April, the OSCE Presence in Albania and Poland’s Central Police Forensic Laboratory signed a co-operation agreement in developing the forensic capabilities of the Albanian Police. This partnership is aimed at raising forensic processing standards in the fight against serious organized crime and terrorism...

A letter of intent on organizing activities to support the police of Kyrgyzstan in fighting organized crime was signed on 24 April 2014 by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau...

ASHGABAT, 24 April 2014 – An OSCE-organized course on conducting regional joint investigations and controlled delivery operations to combat drug trafficking ends in Ashgabat tomorrow...

A course for ten frontline Kyrgyz police officers on intelligence and investigation techniques in fighting organized crime ended on 19 April 2014 in Turkey.

WARSAW, 8 April 2014 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called today for greater efforts to improve relations and co-operation between police forces and Roma communities. On the occasion of International Roma Day, he further called on law-enforcement authorities to ensure effective police responses to violence against Roma and Sinti people in the OSCE area...

SARAJEVO, 3 April 2014 – There is a notable commitment among the judiciary in BiH to deliver justice to survivors of sexual violence in conflict, according to a report launched today by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina....