In October, the Centre supported four training seminars on gender aspects and legal mechanisms of work with victims of domestic violence, aimed at supporting the implementation of national legislation in that field. Legal experts conducted workshops for 100 police officers from seven districts of Almaty city. The event was part of a three-year project to support the implementation of the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence, adopted in 2009. The project was co-funded by UN Women and implemented in co-operation with the NGO Podrugi. Cybercrime From 12-15 March, the Centre, in partnership with the Academy of Financial Police of Kazakhstan and the US Embassy, organized a four-day training course on “Cybercrime Investigation Techniques” in Astana, for representatives of the Financial Police, Supreme Court, Prosecutor General’s Office, the Finance Ministry’s Committee on Financial Monitoring, the nongovernmental Association on Countering the Laundering of Illegal Assets, central and commercial banks, police and other officials. The course, which was delivered by five experts from the US, Turkey and Ukraine, was tailored to the specific needs of Kazakhstan and included best practices and techniques related to cybercrime investigation and prosecution, anti-money laundering, and countering the financing of terrorism. From 3-5 December, the Centre co-organized jointly with the MoIA a three-day training seminar in Astana, on “Countering Cybercrime” for 20 police officers from the MoIA and its regional departments. During the seminar, international experts presented good practices for preventing and countering cybercrime as well as techniques related to cybercrime investigation. The training programme included such topics as criminological characteristics of cybercrime, handling of electronic evidence, technical examination of computers and methods of carrying out investigations with binding evidence. Trafficking in Human Beings On 21-22 May, the Centre facilitated the participation of key national experts from the Ministries of Justice, Internal Affairs, Labour and Social Protection at a roundtable in Istanbul on “Building National Referral Mechanisms: Gaps Analysis and Good Practices”. The roundtable was organized by ODIHR within the project on Human Rights Protection for Trafficked Persons and Vulnerable Groups in Central Asia (see also Annex 2). On 10-11 June, the Centre supported the participation of the Head of the Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office in a conference on countering trafficking in human beings organized by the OSCE Chairmanship in Kyiv. The Head of Centre also participated in the event. On 1-3 July, the OSCE SR/CTHB visited Astana to hold high-level meetings and exchange views on advanced ways and means to meet the challenges of transnational trafficking. During her visit, the SR/CTHB met with high-ranking government officials, including the Justice Minister and representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Criminal Police Committee at the MoIA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, the Supreme Court, the National Human Rights Centre. She also visited an NGOrun rehabilitation centre for trafficking victims. The Centre facilitated and participated in the meetings (see. also chapter 3.3). On 21 November, the Centre supported the last in a series of eight training seminars aimed at improving judicial practice in criminal cases related to trafficking in human beings. The events were organized in co-operation with the Public Administration Academy, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Embassy. Over the course of ten months, some 250 judges from all 131