increasing the regional/international co-operation in this area. The common view among
participants was that these kinds of seminars had great value by bringing professionals from
the region together to share experiences, discuss problems and promote their skills.
From 10-14 December, the TNTD/SPMU, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in
Albania, organized a workshop on the “Deep Thought” software tool. The workshop gave
Albanian cybercrime experts the opportunity to effectively deal with large numbers of
computers seized during criminal investigations, and to reduce the existing case load to
manageable numbers. The workshop involved two expert trainers from Ireland and the UK
who trained the staff from two Albanian forensic units in how to use the examination tool
“Deep Thought”. At the conclusion of the training, the software was provided to the
respective units at no cost and with no annual licensing fees. The workshop was funded by
the Irish and US governments.
Trafficking in Human Beings
On 27-28 March, the TNTD/SPMU participated in an expert group meeting organized by
ODIHR in Warsaw. The meeting focused on the revision of a draft ODIHR Guide to Human
Rights in the Return of Trafficked Persons, which had been prepared by an Australian human
rights expert (see also Appendix 2). The group of experts comprised international and intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, independent consultants and
OSCE representatives (ODIHR, OSR CTHB and TNTD/SPMU). Previous expert meetings on
this topic had been held in 2009 and 2010. The guide was envisaged to serve as a
recommended standard for policymakers in the OSCE participating States.
On 22 May, the TNTD/SPMU delivered two presentations (“The OSCE strategy in combating
human trafficking” and “TNTD activities in the area of combating sexual abuse of children on
the Internet”) in the frame of a one-week training course on “Best Practices and Perspectives
of Combating Trafficking in Human Beings“ for law enforcement officials from Belarus,
Moldova and Ukraine. The training was organized by the International Training Centre on
Migration and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Minsk.
On 21-22 June, the TNTD/SPMU delivered a presentation and several case studies on the
identification of victims of human trafficking for the purpose of forced labour in the frame of a
training organized jointly by the OSCE Office in Baku and the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Baku. The training was organized for borderguards, migration officers and security service staff based at the airport. The training aimed
at building the capacities of airport officials in identifying potential victims among labour
migrants; elaborating on the status of asylum seekers; and providing information on mixed
migration flows.
From 18-20 July, the TNTD/SPMU organized a regional training seminar on the
“Identification, Seizure and Confiscation of Criminal Assets arising from Different Forms of
Human Trafficking - Practical Perspective” in Prague. The seminar was a follow-up event to
the “OSCE/UNODC Expert Seminar on Leveraging Anti/Money Laundering Regimes to
Combat Human Trafficking” in 2011. The target audience for this seminar consisted of
criminal police and financial investigators dealing with human trafficking from all regions
covered by the OSCE field operations. The seminar aimed to provide operational-level
guidance for police investigators dealing with criminal investigations into human trafficking
and financial investigators involved in the search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds of
different forms of human trafficking. The seminar also promoted co-operation, co-ordination
and information sharing among law enforcement agencies, financial intelligence units, banks
and other financial institutions.
On 11 September, the TNTD/SPMU delivered a presentation on “Current priorities in
preventing and combating sexual abuse of children on the Internet – the OSCE perspective”
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