POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS CENTRAL ASIA Training Seminar on public safety for Expo 2017 Ř The Office, in co-operation with Ř The event focused on public Ř The seminar also covered the MoIA and with extra-budgetary safety for the upcoming Expo topics including international support from the Federal Foreign 2017 in Astana. Forty mid-level standards in the management Office of Germany and co- officers from police departments of resources utilized to provide operation from the Dutch National across the city, along with security during long-term public Police Academy, co-organized Expo 2017 security department events, and ensuring security a three-day training seminar for representatives, learned about at sites vulnerable to terrorism. police officers on best practices best practices in ensuring public The seminar included practical related to the management of order during large public events. exercises, which were conducted public assemblies. Office of Germany a training seminar for police officers on psychological profiling techniques to be used when policing large-scale events. The seminar was led by experts from the Association of Psychologists and Behavioural Therapists of Kazakhstan. The event was a follow-up to seminars on best practices in public assembly management held in October and November in preparation for Expo 2017 and the Universiade 2017 World Winter Games. Some 30 mid-level officers from Astana internal police departments learned about psychological techniques used to identify potential criminals during mass events. Experts also presented ways to use different risk indicators. The course was followed by a practical exercise. Other, including co-ordination and cooperation From 23 to 28 May, the first in a series of OSCE-supported training seminars on profiling techniques at border checkpoints to help counter transnational crime took place in Almaty. Some 20 officers representing the Border Service of the National Security Committee took part in the fiveday event, which was co-organized by the Office, the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Centre for Combating the Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC). Experts from the Association of Psychologists and Behavioural Therapists of Kazakhstan and CARICC presented an overview of the security situation in Central Asia regarding the illicit trafficking of drugs, as well as psychological techniques to help identify potential criminals during the border crossing verification process. In total, the Office supported five training seminars on profiling techniques at border checkpoints for approximately 115 border guards in Astana, Almaty, Karasu, Kazygurt and Petropavlovsk, along with a training seminar in Pavlodar focused on countering synthetic drugs for some 30 customs and police officers, as well as prosecutors from around the country. at the site of Expo 2017 in Astana. Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Organized Crime On 12 December, the Head of Office, jointly with the Interior Minister, signed a protocol on co-operation on organized crime. The document builds on the long-term partnership between the Office and the MoIA and establishes a foundation and outline for enhanced co-operation to combat organized crime, cybercrime and human trafficking. Financial Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering and Seizures of Criminal Proceeds From 24 to 28 October, an OSCE-supported training seminar was held for 40 law enforcement officials on investigating, freezing and recovering stolen assets, including those repatriated from abroad. During the event, experts from Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Lithuania and the United Kingdom, as well as UNODC conducted theoretical and practical exercises on financial intelligence sources, the financial examination of large data and analyzing corporate documentation. The participants learned how to draft and handle financial intelligence and international mutual legal assistance requests, thereby increasing their capacity to freeze and successfully recover proceeds from crimes. Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors On 31 March and 1 April, the Office, together with the Department on Countering Drug Trafficking of the MoIA, the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office of the U.S. Embassy co-organized an international seminar entitled “Control over New Psychoactive Substances– 113