The Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities in 2017 is submitted in accordance with Decision 9, Paragraph 6, of the 2001 Bucharest Ministerial Council (MC) Meeting. The report provides an overview of all police-related programmes and projects implemented by the OSCE executive structures, including the thematic units of the Secretariat, the field operations and ODIHR during 2017. The activities outlined and described in this report are based on a comprehensive list of mandates and tasks, which have been provided by various MC and Permanent Council (PC) Decisions since 1998. A summary of all MC and PC Decisions and Action Plans with a focus on police-related activities is provided in Appendix 2. The latest comprehensive set of OSCE mandates on police-related activities was adopted in 2012 with the Dublin MC Decision No. 4/12 on the OSCE’s Efforts to Address Transnational Threats, which endorsed four PC decisions from 2012, including the OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities (PC.DEC/1049) and the OSCE Concept for Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors (PC.DEC/1048). With the adoption of these decisions, the participating States reaffirmed the key role that OSCE police-related activities play in the Organization’s efforts to address threats to security and stability posed by criminal activity, as well as its efforts in the areas of conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation in the OSCE area. This report was drafted in close co-operation with all OSCE executive structures, including the thematic units of the Secretariat, the OSCE field operations and ODIHR. In 2017, the OSCE executive structures, on the basis of the Platform for Co-operative Security of 1999, continued to co-operate with the United Nations (UN), its structures, and other relevant international and regional organizations on police-related activities. Major international and regional partner organizations in 2017 included: · · · · · · · · · · · 12 Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Europe (CoE) Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) European Cybercrime Training and Education Group (ECTEG) European External Action Service (EEAS) European Union (EU) European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL)