Trafficking in Human Beings Throughout 2010, the OS/Borders Team implemented a project aimed at enhancing the capacity of the Psychological Support Service (PSS) of the State Border Committee (SBC) of Belarus in providing first-hand psychological assistance to victims of human trafficking, asylum seekers, refugees, and other categories of vulnerable persons crossing the border. On 16-9 May, an assessment visit was jointly conducted by the OS/Borders Team, the OSG/Press and Public Information Service, the OSR and a Polish Border Guard Psychological Support Expert, in order to clarify, among other objectives, the necessity for immediate and follow-up intervention in developing the PSS capacity. A range of study visits, as follows, were organized for SBC psychologists with the purpose of learning best practices and sharing practical experiences: Poland (19-23 July); the Russian Federation (29 November-3 December); and Ukraine (21-24 December). In addition, an international seminar on the “Role of the Psychological Support Units in the Border Guard and Other Law Enforcement Agencies” was conducted on 13 and 14 September in Minsk with the participation of psychologists from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Representatives of UNHCR, IOM, La Strada, and the Belorussian Red Cross also participated. Finally, from the 22 November to 3 December, training for 25 SBC psychologists was conducted by psychological trainers from the Polish Border Guard with the participation of La Strada and the Belarusian Red Cross. Drug Trafficking Over the course of 2010, the OS/Borders Team supported patrolling and surveillance training for Tajik Border Guards on techniques and tactics to detect and interdict organized illegal cross border movements. The Border Service of Tajikistan officially recognized the connection between this OSCE training and the interception of a large drug shipment from across the border with Afghanistan in mid-2010. A project with similar objectives on capacity building was negotiated with the Border Agency in Turkmenistan mid-year and awaited funding. Similarly, the OS/Borders Team supported the development of a curriculum for the Customs Academy in Bishkek. The curriculum incorporates modules on the detection of illicit drug smuggling at state borders, among other issues. Law enforcement efforts for the systematic identification of drugs and precursors smuggling were supported by a project that established a customs inspection facility in the East of Tajikistan. The inspection facility provides for the searching of vehicles and cargo in a safe environment. Other From 19 June to 3 July, the OS/Borders Team delivered two training sessions for Customs Inspectors and Narcotics Control Officers in Turkmenistan. The sessions included specific discussions on trends and routes of organized criminal elements in Central Asia. These discussions detailed the differences between organized criminal groups controlling specific commodities, and organized criminal groups controlling specific transportation routes and conveyances. From 12 to 14 October, the OS/Borders Team conducted the Annual OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Point Network Meeting in Vienna. During the Meeting, attendees were offered the choice of participating in eight working groups. One of the working groups focused on “Border Security and Management and Combating Terrorism, Trafficking in Human Beings, Drugs Trafficking, and Irregular Migration”. 28