ACTIVITIES OF THE TRANSNATIONAL THREATS DEPARTMENT
ways to strengthen co-operation, co-ordination and
communication within the OSCE executive structures
dealing with anti-trafficking issues. Participants developed
a joint understanding of the diverse work environment and
the challenges faced in anti-trafficking activities in 2015 and
brainstormed concrete anti-trafficking activities in 2016.
On 11 December, TNTD attended the Alliance Expert Coordination Team Meeting, organized by the SR/CTHB in
Vienna, Austria. Around 25 representatives from international
non-governmental and governmental organizations as well
as experts from OSR/CTHB attended to discuss emerging
threats in the field of trafficking in human beings.
From 15-16 December, TNTD, upon invitation from
the organizing parties, delivered a presentation at the
International Conference on Migration, titled “Migration and
Refugee Flows in Transit Countries: Security Implications”,
in Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The conference was co-organized by the Central European
Initiative and the Institute for Geostrategic Research and
Foreign Policy of the MFA of the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia. The goal of the conference was to further the
discussion on the enhancement of regional co-operation
within the broader international community in addressing the
challenges emerging from the increased flow of migrants and
refugees. Around 100 participants attended the conference,
including representatives from embassies in Skopje and
neighbouring OSCE participating States, and senior staff of
the OSCE Mission to Skopje.
Cybercrime
On 22 January, upon invitation from the Council of Europe,
TNTD participated in the Council of Europe’s Pompidou
Group WG on Drug-related Cybercrime in Paris. The
meeting aimed to prepare the contents and structure of the
2015 Annual Meeting of the Pompidou Group’s Working
Group on Drug-related Cybercrime, as well as to decide
about new topics for the Annual Meeting’s working groups.
From 11-12 June, TNTD, in co-operation with the OSCE
Programme Office in Astana and in co-ordination with
UNODC, organized the “Regional Workshop on Cybercrime
Units and Law Enforcement Capacities in Central Asian
participating States and Afghanistan” in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The workshop, attended by 56 criminal justice experts from
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, as well as from
Belarus, the Russian Federation, Turkey, the United States
of America, the OSCE’s executive structures, UNODC, and
a representative from the private sector, aimed to enhance
cybercrime units and law enforcement capacities in Central
Asian participating States and Afghanistan.
From 30 September-2 October, TNTD attended the 3rd
Annual Europol-INTERPOL Cybercrime Conference
2015 in The Hague, hosted alternately by the European
TNTD/SPMU – Police-Related Activities 2015
Total
Information
Exchange / Institution
and Capacity-Building
Analysis of Lessons
Learned, Assessments
and Guidelines
Training
ACTIVITIES ON:
General Police Development and Reform 29%
Threats posed by Criminal Activity 71%
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