POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS CENTRAL ASIA Other On 21 and 22 June, the Office facilitated the participation of four representatives from the General Prosecutor’s Office and the MoIA in the OSCE-supported Advanced Training Seminar on Tracing Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Vienna. The event focused on the identification and categorization of weapons, marking, record-keeping, international and national frameworks and tools for tracing, including iARMS. From 5 to 27 September, the Office co-organized with the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Austrian Interior Ministry the second stage of the Canine Explosive Search Training Programme in Almaty. The first stage of the training programme took place at the premises of the Canine Centre of the Austrian Interior Ministry in Vienna, Austria, from 18 June to 12 August. Six canine specialists from the MoIA, the National Guard and the State Protection Service were trained in advanced techniques and methods for service dogs. Participants were trained on theoretical foundations in dog training, groundwork in searches and passive indicative behaviour. On 9 and 10 November, the Office and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre supported a workshop on illicit SALW. The purpose of the workshop was to raise capacities on preventing SALW from being diverted into the hands of organized criminal and terrorist groups through the use of effective transfer controls, as well as the safe and secure storage of such weapons. The seminar gathered representatives from Kazakhstan’s law enforcement agencies, as well as international experts from the Russian Federation, Spain, the European Union, Europol Eurasian Economic Commission and the United Nations to exchange international and national best practices, as well as to identify possible areas for further co-operation. 115