POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS central ASIA From 5 to 7 December in Vienna, the Office facilitated the participation of three government officials from Kazakhstan on a ToT course on countering the financing of terrorism which was organized by TNTD and UNODC’s Global Programme against Money Laundering. Six national trainers were trained on financial disruption of terrorist networks and on listing terrorists and terrorist organizations for sanctions. The course also highlighted specific instruments and techniques to counter terrorist financing and improve inter-agency co-operation. Trafficking in Human Beings & Migration-related Crime From 11 to 13 December in Almaty, the Office and the EU-funded Border Management in Central Asia Programme  organized a national seminar on identification and profiling of FTFs for officers of Kazakhstan’s Border Service and Migration Police. Some 20 officers representing the Border Service of the National Security Committee and the Internal Affairs Ministry were introduced to international best practices on identification and risk profiling techniques with a special focus on current trends in technology and its application. The training included both theoretical and practical components. From 16 March and 4 August, the Office supported a series of training seminars focusing on the criteria and standards for assisting the victims of human trafficking, relevant national and international legislation, ways in which social exclusion and disenfranchisement make people vulnerable to trafficking, as well as on the issues of re-socialization and compensation for survivors: Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors On 20 and 21 April, the Office, in co-operation with the MoIA and the US Embassy organized a two-day international seminar in Almaty aimed at countering the illicit trafficking of new psychoactive substances. Some 45 participants representing the Parliament, the Presidential Administration, the Secretariat of Security Council, the Office of the Prime Minister, the Constitutional Council, the Supreme Court, the Health and Social Services Ministry, UNODC, the EU, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the CARICC took part. International experts from Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America and Uzbekistan shared their experiences. Participants developed recommendations on how to counter the illicit trafficking of new psychoactive substances and discussed Kazakhstan’s draft law on state control over new psychoactive substances and countering their illicit distribution. The draft law, based on international experience discussed at the seminar, was prepared by the MoIA. On 13 and 14 November in Tashkent, the Office attended and supported the participation of two officers of the MoIA at a workshop “Strengthening Law Enforcement Co-operation in the Central Asian Region, including Afghanistan, in Combating Illicit Drugs,” organized by TNTD and Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan. The event focused on new psychoactive substances and/or new ways of drug trafficking, including the use of Darknet and cryptocurrencies, and was especially useful to the law enforcement investigators as well as representatives from relevant national agencies from Central Asia. On 1 March, in the framework of annual retraining courses for judges, the Office, in co-operation with the Academy of Public Administration under the President and the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan, co-organized a two-day training seminar on judicial protection of victims’ rights as part of a series of events aimed to combat THB. Some 40 judges handling criminal, civil and administrative cases from regional courts across the country took part in the seminar. • On 16 March in Kyzylorda, the Office, jointly with the Health Care and Social Development and Interior Ministries as well as the US Embassy in Kazakhstan, supported a training seminar for some 30 law enforcement officers and social workers from Karaganda and Astana regions on social standards and ways to identify human trafficking victims; • On 27 and 28 April in Ust-Kamenogorsk, the Office, jointly with the US Embassy, as well as the national Health Care and Social Development and Interior Ministries, supported a two-day training seminar for some 60 law enforcement officers and social workers from the East Kazakhstan and Pavlodar Regions on social standards and the ways in which to identify human trafficking victims; • On 8 June, in Petropavlovsk, the Office, jointly with the Health Care and Social Development and MoIA, as well as the US Embassy, supported a training seminar for some 35 law enforcement officers and social workers from the North Kazakhstan region on social standards and the ways of identification of human trafficking victims; • From 3 to 4 August in Aktau, the Office supported a twoday training seminar on social standards and the ways of identifying human trafficking victims for some 100 law enforcement officers and social workers from the West Kazakhstan, Aktobe, Atyrau and Mangystau Regions. The event was organized in co-operation with the Health Care and Social Development and Interior Ministries, as well as the US Embassy in Kazakhstan. On 3 and 4 April, the Office supported the participation of Kazakhstan’s Ombudsman for Children’s Rights and two NGO staff in the 17th high-level Alliance against Trafficking 117