4.3 Mission in Kosovo and basic courts. The Mission delivered presentations on combating money laundering and terrorist financing, as key elements of the recommendations, while the EU project presented the topic of investigations into a terrorist cell against the background of a real-life fund-raising activity. The workshop also examined terrorist financing methodologies and countering terrorist financing via the Internet, including the ‘Darknet’, as well as the content of the 5th EU Money Laundering Directive (mirroring limited prosecutions/ convictions for terrorist financing in Kosovo) was presented. Counter-Terrorism & P/C VERLT From 25 to 29 March, the Mission organized a specialized training workshop on the effective use of equipment for radioactive material, chemical or biological agents, in cases suspected to be or attributed to act(s) of terrorism to 14 members from the KP Special Bomb Squad and two investigators of the Directorate of Crime Techniques. The workshop equipped participants with the ability to identify and detect radioactive material, chemical or biological agents, measure the level of radiation, and familiarize themselves with the guidelines for incident command and reporting lines. Upon the request of the Bomb Squad managers, the training centred on the description and usage of the related equipment available to this unit and provided an opportunity for participants to practically use the equipment in specifically designed case scenarios, involving radioactive material, chemical or biological agents. From 1 to 7 July, the same officers received an additional specialised practical training workshop from the Mission on operational management and best practice during decontamination operations involving large number of persons. The aim was to prepare the ‘first responders’ to a suspected terrorist incident (involving a radiation, chemical or biological agent) to establish a decontamination operation. During the workshop, live exercises were conducted in areas such as mass decontamination techniques and procedures and the different phases of decontamination. From 8 to 11 May, the Mission facilitated a research visit for two senior officers in the KP Counter-Terrorism Directorate and FIU to the German Federal Investigation Department in Dusseldorf. The aim was to familiarize officers with the EU policies on co-operation in security-related aspects, which cover countering terrorist financing and judicial response to terrorist financing in EU countries. During the visit, both sides exchanged views on implementation of the existing legal documents and mutual legal recognition principles currently existing in the EU. Following the visit, the Mission conducted a workshop for 18 officers of these two agencies, with the aim of facilitating a 70 sharing of gained knowledge to a wider group of participants. During the workshop, two senior officers presented the structures of Dusseldorf’s State and Federal Police offices for investigating terrorists and their methodologies of countering financing of terrorism. Participants also discussed terrorist cases in Kosovo, FTF returnees and their daily activities, and the strengthening of co-operation between the police and FIU. From 28 October to 5 November, the Mission supported the KP in organizing three public information sessions on P/C VERLT through using a community policing approach for some 280 students from the public universities of Ferizaj/ Uroševac, Pejë/Peć and Prizren. With the aim of increasing awareness, understanding, and preventing abilities, students were familiarized with the definitions of extremism and radicalization, the factors and motives of young people exposed to extremism, as well as the recruitment and the radicalization process. Participants were also acquainted with the current situation, the figures of persons who took part in foreign wars, returnees from Syria, the process of deradicalization and reintegration of returnees, and the main objectives of the strategies on P/C VERLT and community policing. On 14 and 19 November, the Mission supported the KP in facilitating two similar workshops for 70 pre-university teachers on P/C VERLT through the use of community policing. The events acquainted participants from the municipalities of Prishtinë/Priština and Pejë/Peć on the need to promote a multi-dimensional understanding of the threats of VERLT, thereby emphasizing their role in prevention efforts. From 18 to 20 December, for the fourth consecutive year, the Mission supported the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in facilitating a workshop to evaluate the annual implementation of the 2015-2020 Strategy and Action Plan on Prevention of VERLT. The workshop gathered representatives of a government-WG, the Mission, IOM and US Embassy, who reported on the implementation of respective activities foreseen in the Strategy’s Action Plan. The WG highlighted the main challenges faced such as the lack of inter-institutional co-ordination, lack of budget to implement planned activities, and inability to participate in regional and international fora. Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors In April and May, the Mission delivered eight workshops and a specialized training course across the territory on undercover methods of investigating trafficking with narcotics for 65 police investigators in KP central and regional anti-drug units. The workshops introduced the characteristics of a professional undercover operation, along with techniques and