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% 23

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