POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS EASTERN EUROPE In December, the PCU, in co-operation with the MoI, updated the child-focused booklet “Your Safety” and distributed 100,000 copies of it to police patrol officers in six large cities, who in turn passed them on to school children to improve police-community relations. In addition, the PCU facilitated the drafting of a 420-hour training programme for the reformed neighbourhood police units. The programme will be delivered to 15,000 police officers in 2016. OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supported training of new Ukrainian patrol police Ř The establishment of the new patrol police in Kyiv, Ukraine, initiated by the MoI in January 2015, was the first step in the country-wide police reform; Ř Over 33,000 persons, 35% of training courses between April and June 2015; enhancing recruits’ knowledge Ř The training is part of a project aimed at strengthening the capacity of Ukrainian institutions in gender mainstreaming and which are women, applied and at addressing gender-based undertook tests to evaluate their violence more effectively; general and individual skills, as well as their health and physical abilities; Ř Approx. 2,000 recruits were selected and underwent initial Ř The training focused on Ř On 2 July, a graduation ceremony was held for the new patrol and skills in addressing human trafficking and domestic violence, with particular attention paid to co-operation with local communities, and to identification and response to human trafficking and domestic violence crimes as part of routine duties. police officers in Kyiv, Ukraine, trained with the support of the PCU; Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Organized Crime In April, the PCU hosted a week-long workshop on Ukraine’s capacity in combating terrorism and organized crime. Approximately 30 security service officials took part, along with representatives from the EUAM, OSCE SMM, INTERPOL, Poland, Slovakia, and Romania. In May, the PCU established a working group to develop and pilot a methodological guidance for assessing and managing transnational organized crime risks. The group contributed to the Organized Crime Threat Assessment in Ukraine (see chapter on Strategic Planning above). In October, the PCU organized a workshop on investigating terrorism and organized crime, followed by a study visit to the Romanian Intelligence Service in Bucharest for 25 regional investigators. Criminal Investigations and Analysis Since October, the PCU has been chairing a donors’ working group on criminal investigation. The group has developed a common vision on the structure of the criminal police, and shared it with the Head of the National Police for further consideration. Financial Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering and Seizures of Criminal Proceeds In 2015, the PCU organized several activities regarding the preparation of a comprehensive AML risk assessment, which is being implemented jointly with the OSCE OCEEA. The national risk assessment is to be completed by the end of 2016. Participants stressed that law enforcement authorities and financial monitoring agencies must achieve greater levels of co-operation and increase the productive use of analytical materials of the State Financial Monitoring Service (SFMS). % In May, workshops on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) were organized for 35 participants from the SFMS, the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Bank, the Ministry of 91