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 86 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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