POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS central ASIA the MoI, the GPO and its Law Enforcement Agencies Academy, the Ministry of Justice’s Forensic Centre, Kazakhstan’s Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-corruption, and the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance took part in the “Advanced Computer and Network Intrusion Course”. The course, led by U.S. experts, provided participants with the skills to respond to most network intrusion investigations. The newly certified instructors discussed their plans to share the newly acquired skills with their colleagues from various law enforcement departments. service educational institutions from Central Asian states. Instructors from Kazakhstan’s BGS of the National Security Committee familiarized participants with risk analysis, operational psycho-diagnostics and interviewing methods. Nine officers representing the educational institutions of border agencies from Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan were introduced to methodologies on teaching the fundamentals of risk profiling. The event was co-organized by the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) and the U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan. On 28 and 29 November, in Nur-Sultan, the Office, in cooperation with the TNTD/ATU, organized a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise to strengthen preparedness and protection against terrorist attacks aimed at critical energy infrastructure. Seventeen national experts from the State administration and the private energy sector took part in a discussion-based simulation exercise called “Black Kazakhstan”. The exercise provided them with an opportunity to test the effectiveness of their existing protection and crisis management systems, including co-ordination with external crisis management mechanisms, in order to mitigate the impact of a terrorist cyber-attack. From 22 to 26 March, in Karasu, the Office supported a cross-border training seminar on risk profiling at border checkpoints. The seminar was co-organized by the Office, the INL of the U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan, the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia, and the BGS of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee. Twelve officers of the BGS and eight officers of the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan took part in the event. Experts from CARICC, the Academy of the BGS of the Committee for National Security of Kazakhstan and the Association of Psychologists of Kazakhstan led the course. They instructed participants in employing statistical instruments to analyse information on criminal incidents and develop an actionable in-depth risk profile to assist in countering transnational threats. The curriculum included techniques for in-depth psychological analysis of a suspect’s verbal and non-verbal behaviour, as well as ways to identify specific risk indicators. A number of practical exercises provided the participants with the opportunity to apply their newly acquired knowledge. Border Security and Management / Customs From 22 to 26 January, the Office co-organized a five-day training course in Aktau on risk profiling related to search in sea vessels. Twenty officers of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee took part in a training seminar co-organized by the Office together with the U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan and the Coast Guard. Experts from the Association of Psychologists of Kazakhstan familiarized officers of the Coast Guard with the skills to develop a system of risk profiling and ways to develop an actionable risk profile. The event included techniques for an in-depth psychological analysis of a suspect’s verbal and non-verbal behaviour, as well as ways to identify specific risk indicators. From 19 to 23 February, in Shymkent, the Office, in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan and the Border Guard Service (BGS) under the National Security Committee, organized a five-day training seminar for some 26 border guards on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques. Experts from the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior shared best practices in ensuring international document security, including identifying falsified travel documents. From 27 February to 1 March, in Almaty, the Office supported a regional seminar on risk profiling for officers of border From 25 to 29 June, the Office, in co-operation with the INL of the U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan and the BGS under the National Security Committee, organized a five-day training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques. Twenty-six border guards from the western regions of Kazakhstan were trained by experts from Austria’s Federal Ministry of the Interior on document security. The event was based on a programme initially developed by the Austria’s Federal MoI in conjunction with the TNTD/ATU, before being tailored to priorities identified by the host country. From 24 to 26 July, the Office and the INL of the U. S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan organized a visit to London for eight officials from Kazakhstan to study the United Kingdom’s experience in introducing the API and PNR systems. Participants from the BGS, National Security Committee, GPO, Ministry of Justice, Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Investment and Development, and the Foreign Ministry familiarized themselves with best practices in passenger identification and safety, as well as with relevant border security issues, including 133