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
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Information
Exchange / Institution
and Capacity-Building
Training
Analysis of Lessons
Learned, Assessments
and Guidelines
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ACTIVITIES ON:
General Police Development and Reform 74%
Threats posed by Criminal Activity 26%
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