equipped participants with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively carry
out criminal investigations regarding illegal migration and human trafficking. 22 participants
from the Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings, the Border Police, the
Criminal Investigative Department, Customs Administration and the Police College attended
the training. Trainees were acquainted with human smuggling and trafficking methods; trends
and routes; as well as the role and importance of border controls, risk assessment maps of
human smuggling and trafficking routes into, out of, or through their countries, and risk
profiles based on comprehensive risk assessments of the means and methods used by
smugglers and traffickers.
On 13 December, the Mission, in co-operation with the Montenegrin Office for the Fight
against Trafficking in Human Beings, organized the promotion of the National Strategy 2012
– 2018. The Mission facilitated the entire process of drafting and printing the strategy as well
as the action plan for its implementation.
Drug Trafficking
On 2-6 April, the Mission organized a five-day “Anti-Narcotics Training Course” for 17
members of the Montenegrin Border Police, seven from the Criminal Police, two from the
Crowd Control Unit, three from Customs and one member of the Montenegrin Military. The
training equipped participants with the knowledge, ability, skills, and attitudes to safely and
effectively search persons, vehicles, residences, workplaces, and goods and belongings in
order to detect and obtain evidence in anti-narcotics operations and investigations. The
trainers were two experts from TADOC.
From 4-6 September, the Mission organized a three-day training course on “Psychoactive
Drugs, Recognition of Drugs and Symptoms they are Causing”. The training took place in
Podgorica. Participants were 15 inspectors from the Unit for Combating Narcotics (CID). The
lectures were given by police experts and a clinical toxicologist from Sweden and Romania.
With the aim of raising awareness among young people about the consequences of drug
abuse, the Mission supported the printing of 20,000 leaflets that also described trends in
drug abuse and trafficking around the world. The initiative was implemented jointly with the
PD and the NGO ‘Preporod’. It was planned that as a follow-up, representatives from the civil
sector and police investigators who deal with drug crimes would facilitate a cycle of ten
lectures at secondary schools and universities on this topic.
On 17-21 September, the Mission organized another five-day “Anti-Narcotics Training
Course” for 17 members of the Montenegrin Border Police, seven from the Criminal Police,
two from the Crowd Control Unit and three representatives from Customs. Like the previous
training in April, the training equipped participants with the knowledge, ability, skills, and
attitudes to safely and effectively search persons, vehicles, residences, workplaces, and
goods and belongings in order to detect and obtain evidence in anti-narcotics operations and
investigations. The two trainers were again representatives of TADOC.
On 18-19 October, the Mission facilitated the participation of two Montenegrin police officers
at the conference “Prevention of Illicit Drug Supply to Youth”, organized by the TNTD/SPMU
in Vienna. The aim of the conference was to serve as an opportunity for further enhancing
law enforcement activities in improving prevention mechanisms and coping with the illicit
drug supply to young people. The conference focused on emerging routes of trafficking, new
methods of illicit drug supply to young people and the use of modern technology to distribute
drugs (see also chapter 2.2).
On 30 October, the Mission, in co-operation with the PC, organized a lecture on drug
trafficking and the effects of drugs for some 40 first-year cadets. The lecture took place at the
PC in Danilovgrad and was delivered by an OSCE Mission member.
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