4.6 Mission to Skopje
participants learned how to organize and deliver basic and
advanced-level Tonfa training to their fellow officers. The
goal of this activity was to improve the ability of the police to
use nonlethal force in restoring public peace and order. It falls
under the Mission’s project “Strengthening the Institutional
Structure and Capacity of the MoIA”.
in meetings regarding the migrant situation. Since
September, the Mission field deployed teams have attended
weekly co-ordination meetings in Gevgelija. These meetings
were originally chaired by UNHCR. This responsibility has
since been assumed by the crises management centre. The
team also visits regularly the transit refugee/migrant camp
situated nearby.
Mission field-deployed staff continued to monitor events
at northern and southern border crossings, and participated
OSCE Mission to Skopje training at the International Training Centre for
Combating Clandestine Laboratories (ITCCCL) in Legionowo, Poland
Ř During a one week training
clandestine laboratories,
world where police experts are
course, 15 HC Police Officers
methods of scene-of-the-crime
able to practice their tactics
learned about different methods
examinations, securing
in combating clandestine
of synthetic drug production,
evidence, etc.;
laboratories where synthetic
and familiarized themselves
with safety measures of police
raid operations in dismantling
Ř ITCCCL is one of a few of these
types of training centres in the
Activities Related to Threats
Posed by Criminal Activity
Organized Crime
The following trainings are part of a project for enhancing
the skills of border police officers in fighting transnational
threats and organized crime, with a special focus on irregular
migration and combatting trafficking in human beings. The
joint project is to be implemented country-wide in all of the
police’s Regional Centres for Border Affairs (RCBAs).
% From 14-17 April, the Mission, in co-operation with
the Embassy of France, IOM, and UNHCR, organized a
specialized pilot training course in Delcevo for 17 border
police officers.
% From 16-19 June, the Mission, in co-operation with
the Embassy of France, IOM and UNHCR, organized
a training course in Ohrid on “Profiling and Searching
Tactics” for 16 border police officers of the RCBA – West.
% From 27-30 October, the Mission, in co-operation with
the Embassy of France, IOM and UNHCR, organized
a training course in Skopje on “Profiling and Searching
Tactics” for 14 border police officers of the RCBA – North.
From 4-8 May, the Mission, in co-operation with the Turkish
National Police, organized a training course for ten police
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drugs are being produced.
officers on techniques for investigating organized crime.
The course was held at the Turkish Academy against Drugs
and Organized Crime in Ankara, Turkey. The training
course aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of the
participants in intelligence-led policing, while strengthening
their capacity to combat organized crime.
On 21-23 September, the Mission organized a simulation
exercise for 60 police officers and three public prosecutors
from the region. The goal was to test operational capabilities
while using special investigative measures in fighting
organized crime at the regional level, to utilize tactical
elements, and to discuss potential issues stemming
from international police co-operation in fighting organized
crime. In the end, the results of the operation were presented.
Participants exchanged their experience, crosschecked their
operational methods and tactics, and verified legal tools in
relation to local laws and bilateral agreements governing
regional co-operation in criminal matters.
On 13 November, the Mission organized a training course
for a police K-9 unit, held at the Police Training Centre in
Idrizovo, Skopje. This Mission-supported pilot project, which
was implemented in co-operation with the MoIA, the OSCE
Mission to Serbia, US Export Control and Border Security
(EXBS) and FRONTEX, meant to enhance the skills of
police to fight transnational threats and organized crime,
with a special focus on human trafficking and drugs and
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