Investigations in Antalya, Turkey. The meeting was based on outcomes of the meeting
“Networking the Networks”, organized by UNODC in Istanbul, Turkey, 12-13 December
2013. The main objectives of the Working Group were to discuss how to enhance information
exchange and strengthen existing information sharing channels; to assess potential
information sharing and new channels of communication; to promote joint operational
activities and controlled deliveries; and to determine the problems that hinder international,
regional and interagency co-operation. The participants reviewed opportunities to improve
bilateral and multilateral information sharing and co-ordination of investigations. TNTD/SPMU
presented the OSCE’s activities in cross-border co-operation, Afghan and Central Asia law
enforcement training and potential projects on enhancing the capacities of law enforcement
agencies in Afghanistan, Central Asia and South-Eastern European countries to combat the
threat of illicit drugs and diversion of chemical precursors.
From 14-29 April 2014, a two-week train-the-trainers course, supported and co-ordinated by
TNTD/SPMU, was provided for a group of 12 officers from the federal and provincial
operational departments of the Afghan police. The training took place at the All-Russian
Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in
Domodedovo, Moscow region and was co-sponsored by the governments of the Russian
Federation and the Netherlands. Trainings included practical exercises in search techniques,
effective use of dogs and special equipment and documenting search-operation results. The
trainees were familiarized with different practical aspects of illegal drug laboratories and how
to detect and dismantle them.
On 22-25 April 2014, TNTD/SPMU represented the OSCE in the seminar on “Information
Exchange and Analysis – Best Practices” hosted by CARICC in Almaty, Kazakhstan and
jointly sponsored by the Information Networks along the Heroin Route Project (funded by the
European Union's Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace) and by the EU-UNDP
Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA). This seminar is directly related to
the first pillar of the 2012 Paris Pact Vienna Declaration, namely “Strengthening and
implementing regional initiatives to combat illicit traffic in opiates originating in Afghanistan”.
It also acts as the 2014 annual meeting for the EU-UNDP BOMCA Component 8,
“Strengthening of Counter Drug Capacities in Central Asia”. The meeting helped to bring
together leading experts of law enforcement agencies from countries in Central Asia, South
Caucasus and Balkan regions, as well as international law enforcement organizations, to
discuss information exchange mechanisms, current use of analysis and intelligence-led
policing.
On 14-15 May 2014, TNTD/SPMU, upon invitation from the Pompidou Group of the Council
of Europe (CoE), participated in the ad-hoc meeting on “Drug-related Cybercrime”, which
brought together some 40 participants representing drug and cybercrime enforcement
agencies of CoE member states, the transportation sector and international organizations
involved in addressing illicit drug trafficking via the Internet. Participants exchanged lessons
learned in investigating the trade of illicit drugs on the Internet, as well as challenges in
combining investigations in cyberspace with investigations of traditional illicit drug trafficking
activities. The meeting provided an impetus to develop a manual of good practices in fighting
drug-related cybercrime. A follow-up meeting will be convened in October to discuss further
the development of the manual.
TNTD/SPMU used the opportunity to identify experts from the transportation and health
sector to invite them as speakers to the 2014 OSCE-wide Anti-Drugs Conference on
“Engaging Non-Law Enforcement Actors in Combating Illicit Drugs and Precursors”, to be
held in Vienna on 13-14 October 2014.
On 24-26 September 2014, TNTD participated in the Pompidou Group Annual Meeting of the
Precursor Network in Strasbourg. It was devoted to the international co-operation on
combating illicit drugs and on the control of precursor chemicals. The meeting identified
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