POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF OTHER THEMATIC UNITS On 17 and 18 November, the OCEEA co-organized a workshop on the evaluation of the national financial monitoring system of Ukraine by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL Committee) in Lviv, Ukraine. The workshop brought together some 30 representatives from the Ministry of Finance, law enforcement agencies, supervisory authorities, academia and the private sector to learn from the experiences of other countries in assessing the risks related to money laundering and terrorism financing. From 19 to 21 December, the OCEEA, in partnership with UNODC, conducted a three-day advanced training course on challenges to combat banking fraud and financial disruption and greater understanding of the role of cryptocurrencies for representatives from financial intelligence agencies in charge of combating money laundering in Central Asia, Moldova, Ukraine and the Western Balkans in Chisinau. The specialized training course aimed at enhancing the technical skills of 35 participants in early detection and prevention of serious fraud in the financial sector, and eliminating illegal financial flows. On 22 and 23 December, the OCEEA, along with TNTD and UNODC, organized a two-day expert meeting on enhancing bilateral co-operation in combating the financing of terrorism and money laundering for representatives of financial intelligence agencies from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Chisinau. 3.3 Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB) Introduction In line with the 2003 OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings (THB), its 2005 Addendum addressing the special needs of child victims of trafficking, as well as the 2013 Addendum complementing the Action Plan and the Ministerial Council Decision No. 3/06, the OSR/CTHB is mandated to address all forms of THB. This includes raising the public and political profile of combating this type of crime, assisting participating States in setting up national strategies and implementing their OSCE anti-trafficking commitments, as well as the co-ordination of anti-trafficking efforts within the OSCE, both with national authorities and other relevant stakeholders. The OSR/CTHB’s current strategic priorities include improving victim identification and assistance, strengthening the criminal justice response, and enhancing the prevention of human trafficking, with a special focus on child trafficking and combating human trafficking along migration routes, in supply chains and in the context of crisis situations. The OSR/CTHB co-operates with relevant thematic units in the OSCE Secretariat and field operations to deliver projects and joint activities through its network of Anti-Trafficking Focal Points. This includes close co-operation with TNTD/Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) on issues of mutual concern, including police-related matters. 37

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