4.1 Presence in Albania UN and other international, regional and sub-regional organizations as well as civil society and private sector also participated in the event.   From 10 to 12 April, in co-operation with TNTD/ ATU, UNODC and ICITAP, the Presence facilitated the organization of a “Foundation Course on Countering the Financing of Terrorism”, which was the first in a series of courses held in 2019 and is continuing in 2020. In total, 17 practitioners from the Serious Crimes Prosecution Office (SCPO), SIS, ASP, FIU, and Internal Control Service in the MoJ participated in the training, which took place in Tirana. The instructors consisted of officials from the agencies who had participated in the ToT Programme in Vienna as well as international instructors from the UK. The modules encompassed global threats, regional and national threats, the requirements of a terrorist organizational, movement and use of money, sources of financial information, and financial flows. From 15 to 17 May, in co-operation with TNTD, UNODC, and ICITAP, the Presence organized a training course in Tirana aimed at strengthening the capacity of Albania in countering terrorist financing. The course was delivered to Albanian experts and practitioners from the FIU, SIS, ASP, MoJ and Prosecution Office for Serious Crimes. Some 31 participants attended the course, while 17 trainees undertook the course with instructions from five national trainers and two international experts. The training aimed at strengthening Albania’s compliance with international standards, in particular, OSCE commitments, UNSCR’s, and FATF  on Money Laundering standards. The course served to highlight the key role of inter-agency co-operation in disrupting terrorist financing and, based on country- and region-specific scenarios, included sessions on financial intelligence, financial analysis, vulnerability, and network analysis. From 23 to 27 September, the Presence organized the third course on “Countering Financing of Terrorism Investigations”, in partnership with TNTD, UNODC and ICITAP in Golem, led by experts and trainers, trained previously in the ToT session held in Vienna. The course recipients were 24 representatives from the ASP, SIS, FIU, and SCPO. The course aimed at offering opportunities for understanding and applying the newly acquired skills through better access to trainers and colleagues. Aimed at strengthening the capacities of the authorities to identifying, investigating and disrupting the financing of terrorism, as well as inter-agency co-operation, the course provided an opportunity to discuss and work on key aspects relating to financial investigation and case management. 46 Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors On 3 and 4 June, the Presence participated in the OSCEwide Drug Conference on “Evolving Threat of Synthetic Drugs: from Addiction to Rehabilitation and Reintegration” in Vienna. The conference brought together 160 experts and practitioners from participating States and Partners for Co-operation, OSCE executive structures, international and regional organizations and civil society. The Presence facilitated the participation of two ASP officers, including the Head of the Sector Against Narcotics, who moderated one of the conference sessions. Throughout 2019, the Presence facilitated the attendance of five ASP officers at five training courses organized by CEPOL. The courses were held in June, on “Drug Crime & Markets - Strategic Analysis” in Lisbon; in September on “Drug trafficking via mail system” in Tallinn, and in October, November and December on “Operational Intelligence Analysis Training”, “Cocaine smuggling” and “Synthetic Drugs” in Budapest. The overall aim was to enhance the capacities of the law enforcement agencies in tackling drug trafficking and dismantling organized crime groups specialized in drug trafficking through enhancing law enforcement, judicial co-operation, analysis skills and knowledge on new trends and modus operandi. Cybercrime From 13 to 17 May, the Presence facilitated the organization of cybercrime training in Tirana to 16 colleagues from different ASP departments dealing with fight against narcotics, trafficking, money laundering, corruption, crime against the person, property crimes, and domestic violence. The training comprised of two thematic sessions: one on live data forensics and the other on open source investigations. The training was delivered by those Albanian officials who had been trained by the OSCE in 2018 on combating cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime. The training represents the second phase of an OSCE-led regional project aimed at building the capacities of the region’s criminal justice institutions against cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime. Border Security and Management / Customs From 24 to 26 April, a peer visit at the Integrated Border Management (IBM) centre in Skopje was supported by the Presence. The Deputy General Director of the ASP, Director of Border and Migration Department, and Regional Border Director in Korça participated in the visit. The visit allowed the delegation to become better familiarized with the key challenges faced in the successful implementation of the IBM System, as well as various co-operation mechanisms that are used to enhance the level of efficiency of border management activities carried out. The visit resulted in several working