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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported workshop in Armenia focuses on use of biometric passports to curb the movement of terrorists
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
YEREVAN, 22 May 2013 – Participants at a workshop in Yerevan today discussed ways to prevent terrorists and other criminals from crossing borders with forged travel documents...
Afghan, Tajik customs officers complete OSCE, Austrian Finance Ministry training on customs risk management
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 15 May 2013- Today, seventeen senior and mid-level Afghan and Tajik customs officers successfully completed a week-long training course on customs risk management in prevention of smuggling trends and money laundering...
Afghan border police officers improve patrolling, leadership skills in OSCE course
Publishing date: 10 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 10 May 2013 – Nineteen officers from the Afghan Border Police completed today a five-week training course on patrolling and leadership organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe trains border, customs and law enforcement officials to combat corruption
Publishing date: 2 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 2 May 2013 – Two anti-corruption training courses for representatives of border, customs, and law enforcement agencies completed at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports fight against illicit drugs
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Border management
ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan, 23 April 2013 – Addressing the challenges of illicit drug distribution is the focus of two seminars supported by the OSCE that opened today in in Andijan in the eastern part of Uzbekistan, and will continue on 25 April in Ferghana city...
OSCE, Austrian Finance Ministry train Afghan and Tajik customs officers
Publishing date: 27 March 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 27 March 2013 – Twelve Afghan and five Tajik senior customs officers completed a one-week training course organized by the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe in partnership with the Austrian Ministry of Finance today...
OSCE trains Tajikistan border officials in crime prevention risk management
Publishing date: 19 March 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management