POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS central ASIA the Prosecutor General’s Offices of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan were provided with a basic understanding of issues related to online sexual exploitation of children and the challenges in this field for law enforcement worldwide. Border Security and Management / Customs From 13 to 17 February, the Office, in co-operation with the US Embassy in Kazakhstan and the CARICC co-organized a training course aimed at enhancing officials’ skills in public speaking, communication and effective presentation skills. Some 20 participants from across the country received training from the global training team of the US DEA’s Office of Training on speech improvisation, addressing speech anxiety, effective communication skills and the importance of body language in presentations. From 27 February to 3 March, the Office held the first in a series of six OSCE-supported training seminars for 24 officers of the Border Service of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (Border Service) on profiling techniques to counter transnational threats. The five-day event was coorganized by the Office, the US Embassy in Kazakhstan and CARICC. The event, entitled “Second Stage of the Project on Training Instructors in Risk Profiling”, is a continuation of a series of six training events on profiling for border guards, which benefitted more than 80 border service officers in 2016. Experts from the Association of Psychologists of Kazakhstan and CARICC, with the involvement of officers from the Main Division for Border Control of the Border Service, provided participants with skills to develop a system of risk profiling, statistical instruments to analyse information on criminal incidents and ways to develop an actionable risk profile. Other topics included in-depth psychological analysis of suspects’ verbal and non-verbal communication as well as contribute to elaborating a list of specific risk indicators. A manual “On Organization of Profiling at Border Crossing Points” developed by the experts from CARICC and the Association of psychologists with the support from the Office and the US Embassy, was presented at the opening. Committee, with support from the TNTD’s Travel Document Security Programme. Experts from the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior and the US Customs and Border Protection shared best practices in ensuring international document security, including identifying falsified travel documents during document control and possible signs of travellers who are victims of human trafficking. On 29 and 30 November, the Office supported a training workshop on best practices for administering a risk management system during the customs clearance process in Kazakhstan. The event was organized by the Office in partnership with the State Revenue Committee’s Training Centre for some 45 officials of central and local customs authorities from across the country. The workshop focused on operational aspects of risk profiling, the application of automated information technologies and  harmonization of import-export procedures. Other From 5 to 8 June, the Office supported a four-day training course in Almaty, organized by TNTD and CARICC, to strengthen the capacity of government experts to resolve and investigate kidnapping situations. The course was led by experts of the Spanish National Police and included training sessions on responses during the different phases of kidnapping. From 27 to 31 March, a second five-day training event was held in Almaty. The third, fourth and fifth training courses were held from 3 to 7 and 24 to 28 April and 26 to 30 June in Akftobe. The sixth and the last training course in this series was held from 30 July to 4 August in Kostanai. From 18 to 22 September, the Office supported a training seminar in Almaty on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques for 32 Border Guards. The event was conducted in co-operation with the US Embassy and the Border Guard Service under the National Security 119