4.5 Mission to Serbia National Co-ordinator for THB, and representatives of the Centre for the Protection of Rights of THB Victims, and CSO ASTRA in the regional workshop on combating THB in Jahorina, organized by the OSR/CTHB and Mission to BiH. The workshop witnessed a discussion among participants on the issue of identification of THB victims in mixed migration flows. Representatives of National Referral Mechanisms (NRM) in Albania, BiH, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia discussed the situation in their own countries, exchanging best practice and lessons learned. The event enabled a discussion on the recently published OSCE Guidelines for the Identification of Victims of Trafficking in Mixed Migration Flows along the Western Balkan Route and its adaptation in a national context. Cybercrime During 2019, in co-operation with the MoI’s Department for Combating Hi-Tech Crime, the Mission conducted a series of seminars organized in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš, Novi Sad, Srebrno Jezero, Subotica and Zlatibor for 100 police investigators, with the aim of building their capacities in combating cybercrime and conducting cyber forensics. Led by a mobile team of trainers from the MoI’s Cybercrime Department, whose capacities were built with Mission’s support in 2018, participants learned about best practice in conducting research and collecting and documenting information obtained from open source databases. It is anticipated that the participants will become cyber focal points and ‘first responders’. The Mission also supported these events by providing training materials, 100 USB flash drives and VPN licences required for the training. To enhance police capacities in combating transnational treats and effectively using forensic evidence, in partnership with the MoI’s of Serbia and Russian Federation, the Mission organized two five-day training workshops at the Russian Federation’s MoI in Moscow. From 8 to 12 April, the training focused on countering cyber-enabled crime and cybersecurity, while the second workshop, organized from 21 to 25 October, addressed the analysis of electronic data-storage devices when investigating crimes. In total, 16 representatives from Serbia’s MoI’s Criminal Investigations Directorate participated in the courses. From 23 to 24 September, the Mission supported one representative from the MoI to participate in the 2019 OSCE APEM “Artificial Intelligence and Law Enforcement: an Ally or an Adversary?” held in Vienna. The aim was to familiarize the MoI with the recent developments in the use of AI tools by law enforcement agencies and criminal community. The meeting also addressed legal, ethical and human rights concerns, as well as gender issues related to AI and law enforcement. From 6 to 18 December, in co-operation with the MoI, the Mission organized two one and half day workshops in Mission to Serbia – Police-Related Activities in 2019 82 Total 167 80 Information Exchange / Institution and Capacity-Building Training Analysis of Lessons Learned, Assessments and Guidelines 5 ACTIVITIES ON: General Police Development and Reform 74% Threats posed by Criminal Activity 26% 88

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