POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS central ASIA EU BOMCA, US Drug Enforcement Administration local Office and diplomatic corps participated in the event. Trafficking in Human Beings & Migration-related Crime On 28 February, in co-operation with the MoIA and US Embassy, the Office organized a conference on CTHB in Almaty. The event brought together 16 administrative representatives of 14 regions responsible for the work of the regional commissions in combating the illegal exporting, importing and THB. Representatives of law enforcement bodies and CSOs also participated in the event, which focused on the role of regional administrations in the fight against human trafficking, co-operation between governmental agencies and international CSOs, the working mechanisms of the Interdepartmental Commission on Combating Trafficking in Persons, as well as monitoring and information exchange. On 21 February, in co-operation with the Justice Academy, Supreme Court and US Embassy, the Office supported a training seminar in Nur-Sultan on good legislative and judicial practices to CTHB. The seminar gathered 25 judges from 14 regions dealing with criminal cases. During the seminar, national experts presented the most effective ways to apply national legislation as well as the international legal tools to enhance the judicial protection of victims of human trafficking. Participants also addressed the challenges in prosecuting crimes related to trafficking, trends and practices used by the courts to identify trafficking victims and international best practice regarding compensation mechanisms for victims of trafficking. From 12 to 13 March, the Office supported the participation of four national experts in the first co-ordination meeting in Minsk organized by OSR/CTHB. In total, 20 representatives from civil society and the state agencies of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan discussed the implementation of the upcoming second Russian-language simulation exercise, which took place in Nur-Sultan from 24 to 28 June. On 8 and 9 April, the Office supported the participation of three civil society representatives to the 19th High-level Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference “Using Technology to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings: Turning a Liability into an Asset”, organized by the OSR/CTHB in Vienna. From 29 to 30 April, in co-operation with the US Embassy and MoIA, the Office supported a seminar on combating trafficking in persons in Shymkent. The event focused on strengthening co-operation between police and border guards in identifying and suppressing channels for the illegal export, import and transit of victims of human trafficking. The seminar gathered 22 representatives from the police department in the city of Shymkent, and regions of Kyzylorda, Turkestan and Zhambyl as well as officers from the Ontustik regional administration within the border service of the National Security Committee. From 24 to 28 June, the Office supported the second OSCE Russian-language live simulation exercise in Nur-Sultan to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking. The event gathered 73 representatives from law enforcement agencies, labour inspectorates, border and migration authorities, prosecution offices, social services, and civil society from 17 participating States. Delivered for the second time in Russian, this exercise provided ‘front-line’ responders with the opportunity to simulate real-life anti-trafficking responses to create trafficking scenarios. Fictitious brothels, a construction site, an agricultural field and border crossing points were all re-created to simulate cases of human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation, including child victims. On 11 and 12 July, the Office participated in the “Annual Anti-Trafficking Focal Points meeting” organized by the OSR/CTHB in Nur-Sultan. Participants discussed THB related developments in the respective countries, recent MC Decisions as well as key priorities for 2020. From 5 to 6 September, in co-operation with the MoIA and US Embassy, the Office organized a training seminar on combating human trafficking in Almaty. In total, 28 representatives from Air Astana and the Education Centres of the Committee of Civil Aviation from Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Aktau and Shymkent participated in the event. The event focused on the role of the civil aviation industry in identifying and addressing THB. Participants learned more about the mechanisms of human trafficking, international and national anti-trafficking legislation, techniques for psychological analysis of a suspect’s verbal and non-verbal behaviour as well as ways to identify risk indicators. On 26 and 27 September, in partnership with the MoIA and US Embassy, the Office organized an international roundtable discussion in Shymkent on strengthening co-operation in addressing human trafficking. In all, 39 officials from law enforcement, border control, migration control, prosecution offices and CSOs from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan discussed measures to tackle THB, enhance inter-agency responses, promote co-operation, in addition to reviewing the US State Department’s 2019 Trafficking 125