related to worldwide drug problems, particularly on new psychoactive substances; briefings from each delegation on the drug and precursor situation in their respective countries; lessons learned on co-operation between forensics and investigations; new methods of drug determination/profiling and scientific and technical advice. From 24-27 November, the Mission facilitated a basic drug awareness course for eight investigation and traffic officers of the Kosovo Police Regional Directorate Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. The training consisted of various lessons delivered by the Mission and its associate instructors from the police drug directorate, prosecution and the NGO Labyrinth. Overall, it provided the participants with insight on the different types of drugs, the drug situation in Kosovo and elsewhere in the world and the Kosovo Police Strategy and Action Plan against Narcotics 2012-2017, as well as with the intelligence-led policing and covert measures lessons. Counter-Terrorism Radicalization in Kosovo is currently considered a localized phenomenon affecting a limited number of individuals rather than large groups, and in its various forms is not a new incidence. Nevertheless, radicalization has been on the rise in Kosovo during recent years and has increasingly escalated into violent extremism by some Kosovo inhabitants, both within Kosovo and abroad. The number of Kosovo inhabitants travelling abroad to Syria and Iraq to support extremist organizations in the capacity of foreign fighters is increasing. Kosovo Police noted that 16 Kosovo Albanians have been reported killed in fighting in Syria. The return of foreign fighters is similarly increasing. The Kosovo Police Directorate against Terrorism, under the guidance of Office of the Special Prosecutor and Kosovo Police, undertook a large operation in the line of an order for controlling of 60 various locations in the territory of Kosovo, in order to arrest persons who are allegedly members of terrorist groups involved in conflicts outside Kosovo. During this operation, 40 persons in total were arrested and detained, and evidence has been secured for further investigations. Fifteen representatives from the Kosovo Police, Agency for Emergency Management and Kosovo Agency for Radiation, Protection and Nuclear Safety attended a training on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) terrorist attacks, delivered by the Mission from 812 December. The overall objective of the training was to provide the law enforcement agencies with a better understanding of how to address CBRN threats in order to avoid terrorist attacks, as well as to enhance their capacities in identification of potential targets, threat assessment, contingency planning and management of respective crisis. In addition, during 2014 the Mission facilitated the participation of representatives of local organizations to the following events abroad: • The Mission accompanied the Director of Kosovo Police Directorate against Terrorism in the Counter-Terrorism Conference in Interlaken, Switzerland on 28 and 29 April. The conference was organized by the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship with the support of the Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and other OSCE executive structures. • The Mission accompanied a police officer and a civil society representative to a joint OSCE and Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) workshop “Supporting civil society initiatives to empower women’s roles in countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT)”, held in Istanbul, Turkey on 13-14 May. 67