POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS EASTERN EUROPE State Border Service of Turkmenistan. The Centre organized several patrolling and alpine courses, one maritime training course, two medical training exercises and one canine training course to operate in winter, mountainous and desert environment, as well as border-crossing facilitation training exercises, four joint Turkmen-Afghan training courses, two regional workshops, a joint e-learning course and a study visit to Belarus. Furthermore, the Centre organized training for teachers from the Border Guard Academy of Turkmenistan and gender mainstreaming-related events for law enforcement officers. It also hosted a final roundtable meeting to discuss the outcomes of projects implemented in 2018 and activities planned for 2019. Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Human Rights and Police Accountability On 25 and 26 March, the Centre organized the last of a series of three seminars on judicial independence for judges, prosecutors, lawyers and representatives of law enforcement agencies of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat, supported by the Embassy of the United Kingdom. The seminar gathered 27 legal professionals from the capital and the Ahal region. It addressed international human rights standards, including the independence of the judiciary and the right to a fair trial in the criminal justice context. The participants actively took part in practical exercises of interpreting and applying these standards in case studies. On 23 May, the Centre, in co-operation with the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, organized a roundtable discussion on the OSCE standards on minority rights protection, integration of diverse societies and effective participation in public life, as well as mechanisms of consultation, with representatives of national minorities in the OSCE region. Representatives of Parliament (the Mejlis), Ministries of Education, Labour and Social Affairs, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Justice, Supreme Court, State Migration Service, National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President, Ombudsperson’s Office, as well as the Women and Youth Unions took part in the event. Anti-Corruption On 12 and 13 July, the Centre hosted a National Seminar on Professional Integrity and Ethical Standards in Law Enforcement for 25 officials from the national security, interior, justice and defence ministries, the Supreme Court, the State Service to Combat Economic Crimes, the State Migration Service and other law enforcement bodies of Turkmenistan. The two-day seminar was delivered by an international expert from Lithuania and OSCE experts from the OCEEA, the Secretariat’s Gender Section and the Mission to Serbia. Topics included international standards and initiatives in combating and preventing corruption, codes of conduct for law enforcement structures and measures to identify fraud and corruption in law enforcement, and conflict of interests in government structures. The seminar also highlighted Serbia’s experiences in applying both preventive and repressive measures to fight corruption and covered gender mainstreaming in law enforcement. On 26 and 27 March, the Centre facilitated the participation of a prosecutor at the “Workshop for Judges and Prosecutors: Experiences, Challenges and Best Practices”, held at the CoE in Strasbourg, France. The event was co-organized by the OSCE, FATF and MONEYVAL. On 24 and 25 April, the Centre organized a workshop on indicators of money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption, and best practices for interagency co-operation. The two-day event brought together some 35 officials representing state financial institutions and law enforcement bodies, real estate and audit companies. International experts from Latvia and Poland presented international standards on compliance control and focused on the development of internal documents in line with applicable legislation, risk management and the introduction of internal control methods through a double control system and specialized software. The seminar laid special emphasis on modern indicators of suspicious transactions and deals related to money laundering and terrorism financing. As part of the practical exercises, the participants discussed cases related to the detection of suspicious transactions and deals. On 4 July, the Centre facilitated the participation of a senior official from the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan to the official launch of the Russian version of the OSCE 113