Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
and other countries which were interested in promoting cross-border anti-crime initiatives
with Afghanistan and its neighbours took part in the workshop. The event marked the first
time such a group of countries, which with a shared common problem of organized crime,
met to discuss avenues by which to improve their co-operation to tackle drug trafficking and
related crimes. The workshop was designed to follow up on expert recommendations
emerging from two regional co-operative events, which were organized by the OSCE and
UNODC in Astana in 2008 and Almaty in 2009.
From 4-5 October, the SPA participated in a Ministerial conference on “Strengthening
Regional and Transnational Cooperation as a Precondition for the Successful Fight against
Organized Crime in Southeast Europe” in Belgrade. The purpose of the conference was to
raise the level of co-operation, awareness and improve the responsiveness of the current
initiatives in the areas of justice and home affairs.
From 29-30 November, the SPMU participated in the drafting process of the Strategy on
Justice and Home Affairs for South Eastern Europe. The drafting workshop, which was
organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) took place in Sarajevo. The Strategy
document makes reference to police-related activities, particularly in the field of combating
organized crime.
By the end of the year, the SPMU, in its capacity as central contact point in the OSCE on
organized crime issues, prepared an annual report on all OSCE activities in the fight against
organized crime in 2010.10
Cyber Security/Cyber Crime
The SPMU’s Adviser on Organized Crime is a member of Europol'
s Cybercrime Training
Experts Group (ECTEG), which meets twice per year to discuss cybercrime trends and
training issues.
From 1-19 November, the SPMU, in collaboration with the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the
Republic of Serbia Ministry of Interior organized a three-week cybercrime training course for
police investigators that was held in Belgrade. The course was developed by the University
College Dublin’s School of Computer Science and Informatics to train police officers in EU
States. 18 police officers from six countries in the Balkan Region were trained. The course
was designed to give investigators an introduction to computers, computer operating
systems, computer crimes, computer forensics, and computer investigative resources. The
students were also trained as trainers with the view that they could pass the training along to
their colleagues in their respective countries. The ultimate goal of the training was to build
cybercrime investigation capacity in South-Eastern Europe with the aim of establishing
specialized cybercrime units.
Trafficking in Human Beings
In 2010, the SPMU contributed to several anti-trafficking training activities organized by
various OSCE field operations. This contribution included assistance to field operations in
identifying international trainers as well as active participation in the delivery of training.
From 2-15 October, the SPMU, together with an expert from Hungary, conducted an antitrafficking training for police officers from the Lankaran and Khachmaz regions of Azerbaijan.
10
OSCE, Report on OSCE Activities in the Fight Against Organized Crime in 2010, SPMU, SEC.DOC/1/11, Vienna, 22
February 2011.
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