POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS central ASIA participate in an advanced course organized between 1 and 3 May in Khujand city. On 16 and 17 May, the Office organized a senior-level conference in Dushanbe on “International and Regional Co-operation on Countering Terrorism and Its Financing through Illicit Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime”. The event was organized by the Government in co-operation with the OSCE, UN, and EU. Participants included foreign ministers from Central Asian participating States and Afghanistan, as well as senior-level delegations from other countries as well as regional and international organizations, and diplomatic corps in Tajikistan. The overall aim was to discuss the complex inter-connection between terrorism and transnational organized crime, such as illicit trade in natural resources, cultural artefacts, weapons, and THB. The Office supported the conference with relevant organizational modalities and the development of a conceptual framework for the event. Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors On 3 and 4 June, the Office supported the participation of three representatives from the MoI, DCA and MoH in an OSCE-wide conference on “Evolving Threat of Synthetic Drugs: from Addiction to Rehabilitation and Reintegration” in Vienna. The event was organized in line with the OSCE Concept for “Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors”. Programme Office in Dushanbe – Police-Related Activities in 2019 2 27 Total 37 Training 8 Information Exchange / Institution and Capacity-Building Analysis of Lessons Learned, Assessments and Guidelines ACTIVITIES ON: General Police Development and Reform 73% Threats posed by Criminal Activity 27% 117