equipped participants with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively carry out criminal investigations regarding illegal migration and human trafficking. 22 participants from the Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings, the Border Police, the Criminal Investigative Department, Customs Administration and the Police College attended the training. Trainees were acquainted with human smuggling and trafficking methods; trends and routes; as well as the role and importance of border controls, risk assessment maps of human smuggling and trafficking routes into, out of, or through their countries, and risk profiles based on comprehensive risk assessments of the means and methods used by smugglers and traffickers. On 13 December, the Mission, in co-operation with the Montenegrin Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings, organized the promotion of the National Strategy 2012 – 2018. The Mission facilitated the entire process of drafting and printing the strategy as well as the action plan for its implementation. Drug Trafficking On 2-6 April, the Mission organized a five-day “Anti-Narcotics Training Course” for 17 members of the Montenegrin Border Police, seven from the Criminal Police, two from the Crowd Control Unit, three from Customs and one member of the Montenegrin Military. The training equipped participants with the knowledge, ability, skills, and attitudes to safely and effectively search persons, vehicles, residences, workplaces, and goods and belongings in order to detect and obtain evidence in anti-narcotics operations and investigations. The trainers were two experts from TADOC. From 4-6 September, the Mission organized a three-day training course on “Psychoactive Drugs, Recognition of Drugs and Symptoms they are Causing”. The training took place in Podgorica. Participants were 15 inspectors from the Unit for Combating Narcotics (CID). The lectures were given by police experts and a clinical toxicologist from Sweden and Romania. With the aim of raising awareness among young people about the consequences of drug abuse, the Mission supported the printing of 20,000 leaflets that also described trends in drug abuse and trafficking around the world. The initiative was implemented jointly with the PD and the NGO ‘Preporod’. It was planned that as a follow-up, representatives from the civil sector and police investigators who deal with drug crimes would facilitate a cycle of ten lectures at secondary schools and universities on this topic. On 17-21 September, the Mission organized another five-day “Anti-Narcotics Training Course” for 17 members of the Montenegrin Border Police, seven from the Criminal Police, two from the Crowd Control Unit and three representatives from Customs. Like the previous training in April, the training equipped participants with the knowledge, ability, skills, and attitudes to safely and effectively search persons, vehicles, residences, workplaces, and goods and belongings in order to detect and obtain evidence in anti-narcotics operations and investigations. The two trainers were again representatives of TADOC. On 18-19 October, the Mission facilitated the participation of two Montenegrin police officers at the conference “Prevention of Illicit Drug Supply to Youth”, organized by the TNTD/SPMU in Vienna. The aim of the conference was to serve as an opportunity for further enhancing law enforcement activities in improving prevention mechanisms and coping with the illicit drug supply to young people. The conference focused on emerging routes of trafficking, new methods of illicit drug supply to young people and the use of modern technology to distribute drugs (see also chapter 2.2). On 30 October, the Mission, in co-operation with the PC, organized a lecture on drug trafficking and the effects of drugs for some 40 first-year cadets. The lecture took place at the PC in Danilovgrad and was delivered by an OSCE Mission member. 69

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