News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNODC support Albania to disrupt terrorist financing by implementing targeted financial sanctions regimes
Publishing date: 28 April 2022
Strengthening Albania’s capacity to designate and impose targeted financial sanctions against individuals and entities associated with terrorist groups was the focus of a three-day training course, which concluded on 28 April 2022 in Durres, Albania. The training course was jointly organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania.
Role of law enforcement and supervisory bodies in combating money laundering and terrorist financing discussed at OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 26 April 2022
On 26 and 27 April 2022, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized an online seminar on the tasks and functions of law enforcement and supervisory bodies in implementing the 2021-2022 Risk Management Action Plan (RMAP) on anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The event
OSCE and UNODC Strengthen Capacities of Law Enforcement Officials in Countering the Financing of Terrorism in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 April 2022
Terrorist financing encompasses the means and methods used by terrorist groups to finance their activities that poses serious threats to national, regional and international stability and economic growth.
North Macedonia enhances inter-agency co-operation and capacities in investigating terrorist financing
Publishing date: 31 March 2022
A three-day train-the-trainer course on countering terrorist financing (CFT) through investigations for North Macedonia concluded on 31 March 2022 in Vienna. The course was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, jointly with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. It aimed at strengthening the capacity of officials from North Macedonia to co-operate in conducting efficient CFT investigations.
OSCE holds interactive workshop on including a diverse group of young people in activities to strengthen community resilience to violent extremism
Publishing date: 30 March 2022
On 30 March 2022, 11 practitioners from Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe took part in an interactive, online OSCE workshop on inclusive youth engagement in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT).
OSCE seminar addresses role of non-profit organizations in combating anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 March 2022
On 29 March 2022, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized an online seminar on the tasks and functions of non-profit organizations (NPOs) and their supervising agencies in the implementation of the 2021-2022 national Risk Management Action Plan (RMAP) in preparation for the Eurasian Group’s (EAG) anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) mutual evaluation process.
Trainers from Bosnia and Herzegovina learn new techniques on investigating terrorist financing
Publishing date: 17 March 2022
A three-day train-the-trainer course on undertaking effective investigations in the course of an unfolding terrorist attack for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) concluded on 24 February 2022 in Vienna. The course was the third of its kind for BiH as part of sustained efforts by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to better counter terrorist financing and build training capability for the country.