During the year, the Centre, in co-operation with the MoI and the Police Academy of Turkmenistan, organized two seminars for law-enforcement officials, Police Academy professors and students on the international standards for the treatment of prisoners, as well a training course on protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms in countering terrorism. The latter, co-organized in co-operation with the ODIHR, was attended by 31 students and eight instructors of the Police Academy and included lectures on relevant international human rights standards and case studies. On 9-10 November, the Centre organized a workshop on the “Implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) into the National Legislation and its Enforcement” in Ashgabat. Participants were law enforcement officers, judges, parliamentarians, prosecutors, bankers, and economists. During the workshop, the Centre distributed the Turkmen translation of the UNCAC and the technical guide to UNCAC, which had been prepared by the Centre. Travel Document Security On 22 March – 2 April, the Centre organized two one-week practical training courses on “Increasing Operational Awareness to Detect Forged Documents” in two regional capitals of Turkmenistan. 40 law-enforcement officials from the State Customs Service, State Migration Service, State Border Service, Ministry of National Security and Ministry of Interior participated in both courses. As a follow-up to the training on forged documents, on 16-17 December, the Centre organized a two-day training course on security features in travel documents and document authenticity verification in Ashgabat for 20 law-enforcement officers representing Turkmenistan’s State Migration Service, State Border Service, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of National Security. In addition to the training course, the Centre handed over to the State Migration Service two sets of atlases of passports and an electronic database of passports (three software licenses) to be installed at the Passport Department of the State Migration Service and at international airports in Ashgabat and Turkmenbashi and 20 special magnifiers for distribution among its border posts throughout the country. Trafficking in Human Beings On 24 August, the Centre, jointly with the General Prosecutor' s Office of Turkmenistan, organized a conference on combating human trafficking for labour exploitation in Ashgabat. The one-day event brought together more than 45 representatives from state institutions, civil society, international organizations and embassies present in Turkmenistan. It focused on the challenges of combating human trafficking for labour exploitation and on sharing experiences and best practices. On 23 November, the Centre, in co-operation with the OSCE/ODIHR, organized a round table aimed to present comments on Turkmenistan’s legal framework on combating human trafficking. Drug Trafficking On 28 June - 2 July the Centre organized two one-week training courses for customs and drug officers on examination and detection techniques and protection of evidence in Turkmenistan. Altogether, 24 officers from Turkmenistan’s State Customs Service and State Agency for Combating Drugs and two representatives from the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan participated in the two courses led by the OSCE Customs Advisor on the Turkmen-Uzbek and Turkmen-Iranian borders. 84