The Mission organized visits to Serbian and Austrian agencies for seven Moldovan representatives from the National Committee, General Prosecutor’s Office, Ministries of Internal Affairs, Labour, Social Protection and Family, civil society organizations and shelters, including a centre for perpetrators of domestic violence. Cybercrime On 3-4 September, the Mission, in partnership with the Centre for Combating Cyber Crime within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, organized a training aimed at strengthening the capacity of 30 police officers, lawyers and judges in preventing and combatting all forms of cybercrime, including THB and child sexual abuse. The training sessions were delivered by highly experienced experts from Europol and Eurojust. By implementing this activity, the Mission put into effect item 13 of the OSCE Addendum to the Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, which underlines the necessity to address the use of the Internet in facilitating THB, child sexual exploitation and related cybercrime topics. On 3-14 November, the Mission, in partnership with the Centre to Combat Cyber Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, organized a training for the unit’s law enforcement officers on how to use specialized equipment and software in handling cases related to trafficking in persons, child sexual abuse and other crimes committed through use of the Internet. The Mission supported the attendance of a British specialist, who shared his experience in using this specialized equipment for preventing and combating cybercrime. ****** 115

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