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Implementing UN convention on organized crime focus of OSCE Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
VIENNA, 7 April 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in implementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols is the focus of a workshop that opened in Vienna today...
Regional co-operation in fighting illicit drugs threat focus of OSCE workshop in Istanbul
Publishing date: 24 January 2008
ISTANBUL, 24 January 2008- Enhancing law enforcement and judicial co-operation to curb the illicit drug trade on the Balkan routes is the aim of a regional workshop that opened in Istanbul today. It was organized by the OSCE, UNODC and...
OSCE Office in Baku inaugurates new academic year and curriculum at police school
Publishing date: 16 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 16 January 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan today celebrated the beginning of the new academic year and the launch of a new curriculum at the Baku Police School...
OSCE supports interagency co-operation to fight transnational organized crime
Publishing date: 12 December 2007
VIENNA, 12 December 2007- Enhancing co-operation between police, prosecutors and judges in organized crime investigations is the focus of an expert meeting that began in Vienna today. More than 50 experts will participate in the meeting...
OSCE experts, Tajik Interior Ministry discuss co-operation on police reform
Publishing date: 6 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Policing
DUSHANBE, 6 December 2007- Experts from the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit ended a three-day fact-finding visit to Dushanbe today...
Afghan police officers participate in OSCE course on fighting drug trafficking
Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 29 November 2007- Methods to fight drug trafficking were the focus of a three-week long OSCE-organized course for ten Afghan police officers that concluded today...
OSCE fosters Albania and Montenegro law enforcement co-operation in fight against trafficking and organized crime
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
TIRANA, 15 November 2007- Enhancing co-operation between Albanian and Montenegrin police, prosecutors and judges in the fight against transnational organized crime was the focus of an OSCE meeting that ended in Shkodra today...