From 10-13 December, the Office, in close co-operation with the CoE, organized a study trip to Portugal in 2012 on cybercrime issues for Armenian state officials. Since the RA started drafting amendments to the Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and related laws on cybercrime, the main objective of the study trip was to learn about the Portuguese experience, both at the legislative and technical level in addressing cybercrime issues. It was also expected that the study trip would help the Government of Armenia to identify the measures required to strengthen national legislation on cybercrime through defining countryspecific needs, as well as to enhance the understanding and discussion of the challenges of the application of the Convention on Cybercrime. The Armenian delegation was comprised of representatives from the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Police and the National Security Service. In 2012, the Office, in co-operation with the European Regional Educational Academy of Armenia, organized a three-week course on “Information Security” at the Academy. The main focus of the course was on Cyber Security Risk Analysis; Digital Forensics; as well as Incident Handling. The course was structured on the basis of a needs assessment conducted by an international expert from the Centre for Information Forensics and Assurance Associate School of Business at the University of Albany/State University of New York. In total, some 40 representatives from the Police, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the National Security Council, the Ministries of Economy and Emergency Situations, the National Bureau of Expertise, the business sector, and students from the European Regional Educational Academy of Armenia attended the course. In May, the Office supported the workshop on “Global Issues in Information Security and Cyber Warfare” that was organized by the European Regional Educational Academy of Armenia. The main goal of the event was to bring together national and international experts to discuss the subjects related but not limited to: Needs and Gaps in the Armenian Educational System in the Field of IT; Security and Privacy in Relation to Social Networks; Threats to Critical Infrastructures; Passports Rollout and Security Issues; and Forensic Analysis. In total, some 40 state officials participated in the event. Trafficking in Human Beings Over the course of 2012, the Office continued to support the Armenian government and civil society partners in addressing human trafficking by reinforcing co-ordination among national referral mechanism actors and by strengthening capacities of law enforcement institutions. In February, the Office released a comprehensive training manual and course curricula for law enforcement personnel on combating trafficking. The manual was prepared by four national experts as part of a multi-year European Union-funded Extra-budgetary project, which was implemented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, in co-operation with the ILO. In order to promote public awareness about human trafficking and the efforts to reduce its proliferation, the Office was approached in 2012 by national television and radio channels for interviews. These interviews allowed the opportunity to regularly inform the public about the Office’s anti-trafficking activities. Drug Trafficking In October, the Office participated and sponsored the participation of two representatives from the RA Police at the conference on “Prevention of Illicit Drug Supply to Youth” that took place in Vienna (see also chapter 2.2). 123