News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Young women professionals in Central Asia get career kick-start in energy sector through OSCE training course
Publishing date: 21 April 2023
The OSCE organized an intensive in-person and online training course from 17 to 21 April 2023 on renewable energy for around 100 young women from Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia, to help them kick-start careers in the sustainable energy sector.
OSCE training courses for Ukrainian officials on cryptocurrency risks, investigations and supervision conclude
Publishing date: 31 March 2023
The OSCE organized two training courses in Vienna from 27 March 1 April for Ukrainian law enforcement and financial supervision agencies on basic techniques to investigate money laundering conducted through cryptocurrencies and virtual assets. Almost 30 representatives of specialized agencies of Ukraine attended the courses to improve their skills in tracing crypto transactions.
Third OSCE regional workshop on social re-use of confiscated assets held in Vienna
Publishing date: 27 March 2023
On 23 and 24 March, the OSCE facilitated the third gathering for representatives of asset management agencies and civil society from South-Eastern Europe to discuss the progress on establishing procedures for the re-use of confiscated criminal assets for social purposes.
First national OSCE training courses in Moldova on cryptocurrency risks, investigations and supervision conclude
Publishing date: 24 March 2023
With the growing security risks in crypto and real-world economies, the OSCE organized from 20 to 25 March in Chisinau its first national training courses for Moldova on money laundering related to virtual assets.
Georgian authorities strengthen skills to combat cryptocurrencies risks through OSCE-UNODC training course in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 6 March 2023
Twenty law enforcement and government representatives strengthened their skills in identifying and investigating the illegal use of cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets through a training course held from 27 February to 2 March 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Re-use of proceeds of crime focus of workshop in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
The third national workshop on the social re-use of confiscated assets in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) was held on 28 February in Sarajevo. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the Office of the OSCE Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE supports ninth annual meeting of the permanent conference of organized crime prosecutors
Publishing date: 23 February 2023
The OSCE supported the ninth annual meeting of the Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors (PCOCP), held on 22 and 23 February in Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting gathered 25 prosecutors from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia.