Combating Organized Crime On 20-22 July, the Centre supported a workshop on “International Co-operation in Criminal Matters” in Astana, jointly organized by the UNODC and the OSCE. Money Laundering Between April and September 2010, the Centre conducted three training courses on “Countering Corruption, Organized Crime & Money Laundering”. The courses took place in Ust-Kamenogorsk; Shymkent; and Aktau and were attended by 48 journalists as well representatives from NGOs and the Financial Police. Corruption On 24-25 June, the Centre, together with the Financial Police and the UNDP, co-organized an international conference on “Counteracting Corruption: International Mechanisms and Tools” in Astana/Borovoe. More than 100 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges were focused in the discussions on UN and Council of Europe (CoE) conventions on anticorruption and tools to combat corruption, as well as on the work of the CoE’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). On 12-13 July, the Centre, in co-operation with the Customs Committee, the OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Secretariat, organized a regional workshop on “Promoting Integrity in Customs and Border Services in the OSCE Region” in Almaty. Some 100 representatives from Central Asian countries participated in the event. Trafficking in Human Beings Throughout the year, the Centre, together with the NGO Charter for Human Rights, implemented a pilot project aimed to monitor the situation and victims’ identification measures in police detention centres and specialized isolation/rehabilitation centres for juveniles in Almaty and Almaty region. The purpose of monitoring was to conduct a survey among detained persons in the above mentioned institutions with the help of a specially designed questionnaire for adults and children. The monitors interviewed detained adults and minors, informed police about individuals identified as victims and monitored if the appropriate measures were taken to ensure that victims were given necessary protection and safely placed to shelters. The project findings were compiled into a report, presented to relevant authorities. On 15 March, the Centre, in co-operation with the Office of the General Prosecutor’s Training Institute and the NGO Charter for Human Rights, facilitated a training course for regional prosecutors on anti-trafficking legislation where participants discussed the classification of crimes associated with human trafficking, best practices in protecting victims’ rights, methods to identify and investigate trafficking cases, and international anti-trafficking standards. On 29-30 April, the Centre co-organized a seminar on best international practices in preventing and combating child trafficking for police officers and NGO representatives. Together with experts from Russia and Ukraine, participants discussed policies and programmes to deter trafficking of children, methods to identify victims and establish standards for providing protection and effective assistance measures. On 11 October, the Centre, together with the US Embassy, co-organized annual re-training courses for police officers on anti-trafficking. The weekly seminar focused upon practical issues of detection and investigation of trafficking cases, concrete cases of trafficking for 86