OSCE’s anti-drug programme activities, sharing guidelines, databases and best practice through capacity-building events and trainings. Trafficking in Human Beings & Migration-related Crime On 19 and 20 February, in co-operation with INTERPOL, TNTD/SPMU organized the international workshop “Addressing Labour Exploitation in Trafficking in Human Beings: A Holistic Approach” in Kyiv. The aim was to share experiences and best practice regarding co-operation and coordination in combating THB, as well as identify the required resources to address this issue. The event was attended by 67 participants, including labour inspectors, police officers, prosecutors, civil society as well as representatives from participating States, various OSCE executive structures, International Organization for Migration  (IOM), and UNODC. On 21 and 22 March, TNTD/SPMU contributed to the seminar “New Geopolitics of Peace Operations III: Nontraditional Security Challenges - Peace operations and the challenges of irregular migration and human trafficking”, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Rabat. In front of 20 participants from a number of international organizations, the event provided an overview of how different actors who conduct peace operations deal with and respond to challenges related to irregular migration and human trafficking. Participants acknowledged the work of the OSCE through its FOs and its comprehensive approach in countering THB as good practice. On 9 April, in co-operation with ODIHR, TNTD/SPMU organized a side event at the “OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in Persons: ICT Tools to Improve Proactive Identification of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings” at the “19th OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in Persons” in Vienna. Attended by 40 representatives from participating States and international organizations, the event provided the opportunity to discuss the use of ICT tools in supporting investigations of THB cases and to help identify and protect victims. On 20 and 21 May, TNTD/SPMU participated in an experts’ meeting on “Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Challenges and Achievements” in Sanremo. During the meeting, participants discussed international standards concerning victims and perpetrators as well as the lessons learned and future preventive frameworks on sexual violence and sexual exploitation. 24 On 28 and 29 May, TNTD/SPMU participated, together with the OSR/CTHB, in the 2nd Advisory Group Meeting supporting the development of a new draft of the Practical National Referral Mechanisms Handbook on the Rights of Trafficked Persons. The aim was to contribute to the updating of the previous handbook published in 2004. The final version of the handbook was published at the end of 2019. From 8 to 12 July, in co-operation with INTERPOL, TNTD/ SPMU organized the training workshop “Interviewing Techniques of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings” in Kyiv with the support of the MoSP, GPO and police. In front of prosecutors, police officers, labour inspectors and one Supreme Court judge, the course included exercises, role plays and the sharing of best practice from other countries. On 30 and 31 July, TNTD/SPMU and the OSR/CTHB organized the “Workshop on the use of effective investigative techniques to combat sexual exploitation and THB in the light of the new technologies” in Minsk, targeting 45 senior officials from law enforcement agencies in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine. The event aimed at sharing lessons learned and best practice in combating ICT-facilitated human trafficking for sexual exploitation by applying special investigative techniques, conducting investigations regarding online grooming, recruitment, control and exploitation of victims, as well as using innovative ICT tools to disrupt human trafficking networks. From 28 to 31 October, as part of the project “Anti-Trafficking in Human Beings and Smuggling of Migrants Training in Ukraine”, implemented in co-operation with INTERPOL and MoSP, TNTD/SPMU organized a training course on “Good practices in interviewing victims of human trafficking” in Kyiv. In total, 24 officials from the MoSP, GPO, State Service for Labour Issues, Police, Supreme Court, State Border Guard Service, State Migration Service (SMS) and Free Legal Aid Centres participated on the course. On 9 and 10 December, in co-operation with UNODC and IOM, TNTD/SPMU organized a regional workshop in Valletta on “Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants through a Multidisciplinary Approach and Multi-level Co-operation”. In total, 16 representatives from 16 countries discussed communitybased approaches and cross-border community co-operation, where law enforcement officials and CSOs work together in conducting assessments and collect preliminary data on victims and perpetrators. Participants also agreed on the need to effectively establish professional multi-disciplinary teams on migrants’ vulnerabilities, allowing joint investigations that support the prosecution of crime.