POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS EASTERN EUROPE Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity traffickers of human beings. A two-day co-ordination meeting was held for civil society and government partners working on the NRM in 13 regions, and approximately 6,200 stakeholders were trained by NGO implementing partners in various aspects of combating trafficking. Organized Crime The PCU led the establishment of a working group on improving risk assessment and risk management in combating transnational organized crime. The working group will produce a methodological handbook that integrates a human-rights based approach based on Europol standards and practices. In May, the PCU organized a workshop in Uzhgorod and a study tour to the OSCE in Vienna for security service press officers, with a focus on improving their communications during emergencies and supporting press rights. Financial Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering and Seizures of Criminal Proceeds In November and December, the PCU and UNODC cooperated in supporting the second round of a two-week training on strategic and operational analysis of financial crimes, delivered by Anacapa Sciences Incorporated. Some 50 financial investigators attended the training, which took place in Odessa. Trafficking in Human Beings & Migration-related Crime In February, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a new 20162020 State Social Programme on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. The PCU supported the development of the programme, which includes features specific to the conflict in Ukraine. Additionally, the Ministry of Social Policy and the National Police signed an agreement, developed with support from the PCU, to co-operate in combating trafficking in human beings. The PCU supported four meetings of an inter-agency working group on co-ordinating and developing a policy for a co-ordinated response to trafficking in human beings. These meetings prompted the high-level Inter-Agency Coordination Council on Family Issues to reconvene in March to examine the national anti-trafficking response following a five-year break. NGO implementing partners of the PCU continued supporting multidisciplinary groups in 13 regions in the implementation of the NRM to combat trafficking in human beings. The groups include police, social-service providers, employment centres, legal aid providers and others, who provide a wide range of assistance to victims and prosecute The PCU helped develop a module on identifying and intervening in possible trafficking cases within the NRM, which will be included in the teachers’ standard professional development curriculum. To improve public awareness on human trafficking and victim assistance during the Global and European Anti-Trafficking Days and International Day for Abolition of Slavery, the PCU helped Ukrainian Ministries of Social Policy and of Interior produce and distribute more than 1 million leaflets, booklets, posters, stickers and manuals, and displayed around 400 billboards and posters with celebrities featuring warnings on the risks of trafficking. Together, each of these efforts resulted in 110 persons being registered as victims of human trafficking in 2016, compared to 83 victims registered in 2015. 2016 was also the first year where the number of human trafficking victims receiving social status and assistance within the NRM was higher than the number of victims registered by the police (69). This demonstrates that Ukrainian state NRM stakeholders follow the human rights approach they have been taught in numerous trainings, including those conducted by the PCU. From July to December, the PCU led the development and implementation of a 98-hour re-training programme for reattested anti-trafficking police units. Following the approval of the training curriculum by the National Police, the PCU facilitated the development of training materials with police and civil society experts to ensure a victim-centred and human rights oriented approach across all materials. The training focused on investigative techniques used in human trafficking crimes, the role of the police in the NRM, misuse of information technologies by criminals and the peculiarities of working with victims who find themselves in severe psychological distress. Additionally, the programme explored the community policing approach in preventing and investigating human trafficking crimes through co-operation with local communities and civil society organizations, as well as links between human trafficking and crimes including smuggling of migrants and sexual exploitation. 250 folders with the training materials were printed and delivered to Kyiv University of Internal Affairs, where the re-training of 200 police officers took place. 97,6% of trainees scored “pass” or higher. The training assessment showed that on a scale from 1 to 10, the average trainee score for quality of training materials was 9.1 and the average score for trainers’ 99