OSCE, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry join forces to combat organized crime
BISHKEK, 18 December 2014 - The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for 40 police investigators on how to effectively conduct EU Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessments (SOCTA), investigations based on intelligence-led policing, and combatting drug trafficking and violent extremism.
The seminar was led by experts from the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau in partnership with the Organized Crime Department of Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry.
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is co-operating with the Lithuanian Bureau of Criminal Police under an OSCE Project on combatting organized crime and serious crimes. The comprehensive on-the-job training seminars are developed according to a needs assessment and research conducted by Lithuanian police experts in Kyrgyzstan this year.
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