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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Criminal justice responses to terrorism in focus at OSCE seminar in Tashkent
Publishing date: 2 December 2015
TASHKENT, 2 December 2015- Effective criminal justice responses to terrorism, based on the rule of law, were the focus of a two-day seminar organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Action against Terrorism Unit, in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, which concluded today in Tashkent...
OSCE-supported training course in Uzbekistan focuses on addressing and preventing human trafficking in the tourism sector
Publishing date: 5 November 2015
TASHKENT, 5 November 2015 – Addressing and preventing human trafficking in the hospitality and tourism sector is the topic of a two-day OSCE-supported training course, launched today in Tashkent, for 25 representatives from Uzbekistan’s tourism infrastructure, airlines, airport services and police...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion in Uzbekistan on a methodology for assessing money-laundering and terrorism-financing risks
Publishing date: 15 October 2015
TASHKENT, 15 October 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion introducing representatives of local law enforcement bodies to the methodology of a national assessment of money-laundering and terrorism-financing risks in Uzbekistan was held today in Tashkent...
OSCE trains Uzbek law enforcement bodies on asset recovery and mutual legal assistance
Publishing date: 21 September 2015
TASHKENT, 21 September 2015 – An OSCE-organized week-long training course for Uzbek law enforcement bodies on identifying and tracing illegitimate assets and the various instruments of asset forfeiture and recovery began today in Tashkent...
OSCE organizes Regional Conference on Horticultural Trade in Tashkent
Publishing date: 24 August 2015
TASHKENT, 24 August 2015 – A two-day Regional Conference “On increasing potential of horticultural trade” jointly organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, USAID, Uzbek Ministry of Agriculture and the Farmers’ Council of Uzbekistan, started today in Tashkent...
OSCE-supported training course in Tashkent focuses on improving judicial responses to human trafficking
Publishing date: 22 June 2015
TASHKENT, 22 June 2015 – A two-day training course on improving judicial responses to human trafficking, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Lawyers’ Training Centre under the Uzbek Justice Ministry, was launched today in Tashkent...
OSCE-supported workshop in Uzbekistan debates fighting cyber threats
Publishing date: 20 May 2015
TASHKENT, 20 May 2015 – A two-day workshop on cyber and ICT security issues began in Tashkent today. The event brought together some 40 participants, including 10 international experts from Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, USA as well as representatives of the national parliament, judiciary, ministries for information technology, foreign affairs, academia and law enforcement agencies...