POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS central ASIA prevention and combatting of domestic violence and will help develop legislation on domestic violence in the partnership with national technical WG. Throughout 2019, CSO Keyik Okara also supported the Centre for Victims of Domestic Violence, which provided victims with temporary accommodation, meals and basic social assistance. The Centre provided financial support to the telephone hotline and free legal and psychological consultations to domestic violence victims. During the year, the CSO organized three seminars designed to raise awareness of high school students, youth and vulnerable groups, on issues relating to the early recognition of domestic violence, referral mechanisms and prevention, as well as mitigation of causes leading to domestic violence. International experts and trainees during a practical exercise at the Ashgabat international airport in an Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity OSCE-organized training on aviation checkpoint screening Organized Crime On 16 and 17 May, the Centre facilitated the participation of the Deputy Foreign Minister at a high-level conference on “International and regional co-operation on countering terrorism and its financing through illicit drug trafficking and organized crime”, co-organized by the Government of Tajikistan, OSCE, UN and EU in Dushanbe. The Deputy Foreign Minister contributed by addressing the conference with opening remarks. Association of Prosecutors. The meeting brought together law enforcement officials and prosecutors from Central Asia and presented the Practical Guide for Requesting Electronic Evidence across the Borders. During the meeting, FOs explored ways of developing national and joint activities in building the capacities of the law enforcement agencies in placing requests to service providers for the preservation and emergency and voluntary disclosure of electronic evidence in cases involving terrorist and organized crime. Counter-Terrorism & P/C VERLT Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors On 16 and 17 December, the Centre facilitated the participation of two officials from the MoNS and MIA in the OSCE-wide expert seminar on “Promoting Resilience of ‘Soft’ Targets against Terrorist Attacks through Public-Private Partnerships”, organized by TNTD/ATU in Vienna. The event was organized in support of the OSCE’s efforts to advance the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 2396 and 2341 (2017) and aimed at raising awareness on the threat of terrorist attacks on ‘soft’ targets and defining ways in which OSCE can support participating States in increasing resilience against this phenomena. On 3 and 4 June, the Centre supported the participation of two officials from the MIA in the 2019 OSCE-wide Conference on “Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors”, convened by the Slovak 2019 OSCE Chairmanship in Vienna. A representative from Turkmenistan contributed to the conference by delivering a presentation during one of the sessions. On 17 and 18 December, the Centre participated in a regional workshop for criminal justice practitioners in Central Asia on “Obtaining Electronic Evidence from Private Communications Service Providers in Counter-Terrorism and related Organized Crime Cross-Border Investigations”, organized by TNTD/ATU in Vienna, in partnership with the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED), UNODC and International procedures and X-Ray images interpretation, Ashgabat, 2019. (Centre in Ashgabat/Guncha Nepesova) From 4 to 15 November, within the framework of its project on “Exchange of experience in the field of illegal drug trafficking control”, in co-operation with the Russian Embassy, the Centre supported the participation of one customs and two police officials in a training course on fighting illegal drugs at the Russian MIA’s Siberian Law Institute in Krasnoyarsk. The programme aimed at building the capacities of investigators and operational officers in countering illegal drugs and covered legal issues, investigation techniques and methodologies, as well as the integrity of drug enforcement officers. 107