POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE National Action Plan for the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The project included more than 20 events, including workshops for psychosocial support to migrant/refugee women from migrant centres in Tutin and Sjenica, and the regional civil society event “Safe and Free”, which gathered some 50 women activists from the region and, among other issues, focused on active response by women to gender-based violence. On 7 November, in Tutin, the CSO Impuls organized a roundtable discussion on the application of the Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence adopted in 2017. Around 15 participants, including prosecutors, social workers, municipal officials, schools, health institutions and CSOs, examined the provisions of the new Law and discussed ways to get the community involved in addressing domestic violence and assisting the victims. On 14 November, the project gathered some 30 participants at a presentation on “Women in the Army”, organized as the final event of the project. Hate Crime On 13 June, to build the capacities of the police to address and respond to hate crimes, the Mission’s Security Cooperation and Democratization Departments, together with the MoI and the ODIHR, organized a roundtable meeting to discuss various training modalities on hate crimes implemented in several OSCE participating States. This event served to initiate discussions with the MoI on relevant training opportunities for the police. It was attended by 18 participants. The six MoI representatives included members of the Sector for International Co-operation, the Criminal Investigation Directorate, and the Department for Training and Education. In addition, three representatives of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina along with one representative of the police from Canton Tuzla participated in the event and presented their experiences. The ODIHR presented their programme “Training against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE)”, designed to improve police skills in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes, which can be tailored to the needs and experiences of each country in which it is used. The MoI representatives learned from their police counterparts from Canton Tuzla, BiH and the OSCE Mission to BiH about their experiences in combating hate crimes. Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Organized Crime From 13 to 14 June, the Mission facilitated the visit of Italy’s National Chief Prosecutor on Anti-mafia and Antiterrorism and his deputies to discuss areas of co-operation with Serbia’s institutions. Together with the Head of Mission and the Ambassador of Italy to Serbia, Italy’s National Chief Prosecutor on Anti-mafia and Anti-terrorism held separate meetings with Serbia’s Justice Minister and Serbia’s Organized Crime Prosecutor and his deputies. The delegation also met Serbia’s Republic Public Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutor, as well as the Head of the Department for International Cooperation and Mutual Legal Assistance and the Head of the Service for Combatting Organized Crime within the Ministry of Interior’s Criminal Investigations Directorate. Topics discussed included strengthening the network of organized crime prosecutors, the potential co-operation of Italy’s organized crime prosecutors with Serbia’s Judicial Academy as lecturers, and mutual legal assistance and operational cooperation on concrete cases. On 29 June, in its continued efforts to contribute to the sustainability of regional prosecutorial co-operation in combating transnational and organized crime, the Mission supported the organization of the fourth meeting of the Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors, in Skopje. The conference brought together high-level prosecutors from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia to discuss pressing issues of co-operation and information sharing in the area of serious transnational crime, terrorism, trafficking of firearms, and investigation of financial crime. The participants explored the possibility of organizing a joint workshop with police and prosecutors from all participating countries, and reviewed further implementation of the “Declaration of Intent”. Financial Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering and Seizures of Criminal Proceeds From 2 to 23 March, the Mission, together with the MoI, organized four awareness-raising seminars5 on the misuse of public funds. The activity provided representatives of relevant Serbian authorities with knowledge about the classifications of the types of frauds related to the misuse of public funds, and the tools they have at their disposal to fight this type of fraud. Around 80 participants from the Tax Administration, the MoI’s Criminal Investigations Directorate and the 5 The seminars were organized on 2, 9, 16 and 23 March in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš and Novi Sad, respectively. 91