During December, the PCUz gave information on international agreements and international co-operation on anti-corruption for government agencies and state owned companies at 20 separate events. The series of meetings was arranged by the Prosecutor General’s Office, which is the focal point in Uzbekistan for anti-corruption initiatives. In the framework of an ongoing project on anti-money laundering and countering terrorists financing, the PCUz organized a study tour to Germany from 11-15 December, to study German practice of law enforcement agencies’ co-operation in the field of combating economic crimes, money laundering and corruption. The delegation, headed by the Deputy Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan, visited the Federal Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Criminal Court of Berlin, and the Criminal Police Office of the Federal State of Brandenburg. Trafficking in Human Beings Building capacity of the national Inter-agency Commission in establishing a more systemic and sustainable counteraction to human trafficking and to ensure the protection of the human rights of victims of human trafficking and labour exploitation was the main focus of the project the PCUz continued to implement throughout 2011. This was achieved through training activities and the provision of learning aids on anti-trafficking standards and technical equipment. The PCUz, with assistance from the SPMU, also delivered capacity-building workshops for law enforcement personnel at the specialist investigator level aimed at increasing operational effectiveness and promoting criminal justice co-operation with the relevant agencies in destination countries, such as the Russian Federation and Turkey; and to achieve a better understanding of human rights throughout the identification, referral and protection phases. Certain progress was achieved in further promoting the dialogue and co-operation between law enforcement and NGOs in the identification and assistance to victims. In 2011, the PCUz, jointly with the ODIHR Anti-Trafficking Unit, organized a ToT for the Inter-agency Commission on Promoting the National Referral Mechanism, in an effort to protect the human rights of trafficked persons. Later on, the training was replicated by the Inter-agency Commission in the regions of Uzbekistan. Illicit Drugs In 2011, the PCUz also continued providing assistance to the Host Country in combating illicit drug circulation and expansion. The goal of this project, which had been started in 2008, is to support the efforts of the National Information Analytical Centre on Drug Control (NCDC) and to increase its technical capacity. In 2011, the PCUz completed the annual publication Central Asian Drug Situation Bulletin, which reports on the state of affairs and trends of the drug situation in Central Asia in 2010, and which highlights measures taken by the governments of the Central Asian countries in the sphere of combating international narcotics expansion. The bulletin is being published within the framework of the PCUz project “Assistance to the Fight against Illicit Drug Circulation and Expansion” and distributed among different organizations and agencies in Uzbekistan and abroad. From 24-28 January, the PCUz organized a “Counter Drug Course” for representatives of the law enforcement agencies. The event brought together 25 practitioners from Tashkent and the regions. The participants of the course increased their knowledge on clandestine laboratories, legal and “disco” drugs, drug smuggling and searching as well as on the work of undercover agents and operations. Upon recommendations by the SPMU, the International 125