4.7 Mission to Moldova Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Gender-based and Domestic Violence In partnership with the General Police Inspectorate (GPI), the Mission organized capacity-building activities to strengthen proactive investigations and analytic skills of 15 police officers from two GPI subdivisions: the Centre for Combating Trafficking in Persons and the Centre for Combating Cyber Crimes. In 2017, the Mission co-organized eight capacity-building training seminars for 289 police officers from eight districts in central Moldova, and 25 police officers and service providers from the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia on how to efficiently investigate cases of domestic violence. As a result of the training seminars, the Drochia Centre for Aggressors, the only organization of its kind in Moldova, reported an increase in police referrals of aggressors. The Mission also provided an update on legislative changes to 25 selected Moldovan national trainers and law enforcement officers during a ToT course held on the 5 and 6 December 2017. This was a follow-up activity to support the ToT programme conducted in 2016. In addition, the Mission supported six capacity-building training sessions for 170 judges, prosecutors, public lawyers and judges’ assistants to improve their efficiency in handling domestic violence cases, delivered at the National Institute of Justice in Chisinau. Trafficking in Human Beings and Migration-related Crime From 26 to 29 June, in Chisinau, the Mission organized the first training workshop of its kind in Moldova on Internet advanced searches (open source intelligence) for police investigators. The training event focused on conducting investigations on social media and Internet search engines, and how to use information posted online to proactively investigate human trafficking cases. The training event enabled officers to enhance their competencies to address human trafficking at all stages, including issues related to online grooming. From 23 to 25 October, the Mission organized a visit to Brussels, Belgium to study best practices in countering trafficking for labour exploitation for seven investigation officers, labour inspectors and prosecutors. On 2 and 3 and 28 November, the Mission, in co-operation with the National Institute of Justice and the Women’s Law Centre, provided financial support for two specialized training courses on national and international legal standards and jurisprudence on combating trafficking in persons, including for the purpose of labour exploitation. As a part of these courses, 47 judges and prosecutors, and 58 judges’ assistants attended the series and enhanced their knowledge and expertise in these areas. 100