Trafficking in Human Beings In 2010, the OS/Borders Team had started providing project support to the State Border Guard Committee of Belarus in connection with a capacity-building activity for psychological support to the Border Guards and victims of THB during investigation and related working processes. This project was cut short in 2011 with the closure of the OSCE Office in Minsk. Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons At the invitation of the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament, the OS/Borders Team participated in a training project on Combating Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons. The training, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, gave the OSCE the opportunity to present the multi-dimensional nature of the OSCE Border Security and Management Concept and its application to the cross-border threats discussed in the workshop. The OS/Borders Team, in conjunction with the FSC Support Section, began delivery of a series of regional workshops designed to bring together the customs agencies and national export licensing authorities of participating States and Partners for Co-operation. The workshop focus dealt with the legal and illegal movement of weapons and dual-use goods. Corruption The OS/Borders Team, co-operating with the OCEEA and the SPMU, held an experts meeting dedicated to the development of standardized training in Anti-Corruption for participating States and Partners for Co-operation. The meeting was attended by more than 30 experts from across the OSCE, and was expected to result in a pilot offering of the training in 2012, hosted at the BMSC in Dushanbe. In co-ordination with the OSCE Field Offices in Ukraine and Moldova, the OS/Borders Team and the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Ukraine and Moldova launched a working group of selected representatives of the Border Services, including Customs Administration, of the two countries, in order to develop a curriculum on preventing and countering corruption in the Border Services. Other One session of a training-of-trainers course for customs inspectors and officials in Turkmenistan, which was held in September 2011, included specific discussions on crime trends and routes in Central Asia. These discussions detailed the differences between organized crime controlling specific commodities, and organized crime controlling specific transportation routes and conveyances. This developed approach was reflected in the training provided to entry level officers in the State Customs Service. During the course of the year, the OS/Borders Team continued to support Patrolling and Surveillance training for Tajik Border Guards on techniques and tactics to detect and interdict organized illegal cross border movements. As reported anecdotally, interdictions have risen through the period of the project and have been credited in part to the enhanced skills of the Tajik patrol teams. The Tactical Patrolling and Surveillance Project in Tajikistan was extended and National Border Police officers from Afghanistan were offered this training in Tajikistan. The OSCE trainers were seconded from the Russian Federation and the USA. The training project was supported by staff from the OS/Borders Team. 29