ACTIVITIES OF THE TRANSNATIONAL THREATS DEPARTMENT On 6 and 7 September, TNTD/ATU, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, organized a national Seminar on Strengthening Rule of Law Compliant Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The two-day national seminar was attended by approximately 30 representatives of national agencies involved in counter-terrorism. It focused on the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector. Experts in the field of criminal justice presented good counter-terrorism practices such as those developed in Germany, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland, as well as the work done by Europol and Eurojust in this area. This was the fifth event in this series of national seminars, with previous events having been held in Nicosia, Skopje, Sofia and Tashkent. On 7 and 8 September, TNTD/ATU co-organized with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, other OSCE executive structures and with additional support from the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the OSCE-wide Expert Workshop “Freedom of Expression on the Internet and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism” in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 149 experts from 25 participating States and Partners for Cooperation, international organizations, NGOs, academic and business circles, together with representatives from the OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Institutions and field operations met to discuss and share best practices related to online measures taken by governments and intermediaries to counter VERLT on the Internet and the implications of these measures for fundamental human rights. Following the event, non-binding recommendations were compiled and distributed to OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation for their consideration. On 16 and 17 November, TNTD/ATU, together with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors in Skopje and the OSCE Mission to Skopje, organized a regional workshop that focused on Countering the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes for judges, prosecutors and investigators. The event brought together 40 judges, prosecutors and law enforcement investigators from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to discuss issues related to existing legal frameworks on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes, the use of open source intelligence, and the protection and recovery of forensic data in investigations. Participants also explored good practices in investigating different components and stages in the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes. From 29 November to 1 December, TNTD/ATU organized a national workshop on “Establishing an Advance Passenger Information System” in Belgrade, Serbia for all relevant national stakeholders, as well as key international partners, interested donors, and IT service providers. The workshop resulted in two deliverables: a SWOT analysis of the current passenger processing environment in Serbia, and a Roadmap for implementing an Advance Passenger Information system in the country. From 13 to 15 December, TNTD/ATU supported the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) in organizing the 4th Regional Workshop on “Raising Awareness and Capacity Building on Advance Passenger Information (API)” in Almaty, Kazakhstan. OSCE participating States identified by UNCCT for participation in this workshop were Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The objective of this workshop was to improve partnerships with other international organizations working on API, and to support OSCE participating States in capacity-building. On 25 to 26 October, TNTD/ATU, together with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized a national workshop on Countering the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes for Judges, Prosecutors and Investigators in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The event brought together 40 judges, prosecutors and law enforcement investigators from across Uzbekistan to discuss issues related to legal frameworks on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes, the use of open source intelligence, and the protection and recovery of forensic data in investigations. Participants also explored good practices in investigating different components and stages in the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes. 29