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- Wednesday, 27 September 2017
CARICC staff conducts trainings for Kyrgyz border guards
During the period from September 11 to September 15, at the initiative of the State Border Service (SBS) of the Kyrgyz Republic, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Project XAC/K22 – “Countering Afghan Opiates Trafficking through the Northern Route by Strengthening Key Checkpoints and Establishment of Border Liaison Offices”, CARICC staff organized and conducted the next stage of training for border guards in practical application specialized software “i2 iBase” and “i2 Analyst Notebook” in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, at the Center of Excellence facilities of Kyrgyz SBS.
In addition, during the training, CARICC staff shared expertise in the application of geoinformation system “ArcGIS” for information and analytical work on collection, analysis and preparation of tabular data for graphical display in an electronic map.
Upon completion of the theoretical lectures, practical classes were held with the target group, which is a necessary link in this training.
The final stage of this training was an extensive practical training based on information from “i2 iBase” database related to revealed cases of offenses at the state border of the Kyrgyz Republic.
According to the conditions of the practical session, the border guards analyzed data obtained using applications of the specialized software “i2 iBase” and “ArcGIS” and provided possible recommendations on further measures to be undertaken by forces and facilities of the State Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic at the state border sections.
In general, according to the participants’ assessments, the training fully met the functional duties of attendees, and has proved to be very useful in the daily service and operational activities of the KR State Border Service staff.
Earlier, CARICC staff implemented a series of activities aimed at enhancing capacities of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
During the period from April 2016 to May 2017, eight (8) such trainings with the participation of 128 servicemen of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan were conducted.
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- Thursday, 21 September 2017
The tenth meeting of the Regional Working Group on Precursors (RWGP)
The Tenth meeting of the Regional Working Group on Precursors (RWGP), organized under the UNODC Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighboring Countries, was held on September 11-12, 2017 in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan.
Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan, UNODC, and CARICC participated in this meeting.
The Regional Working Group on Precursors is one of the mechanisms that contribute to the suppression of illicit trade in precursors and facilitates the joint development of legislative measures to counteract this illicit activity.
The main objective of the meeting was to provide information to the participating countries of the working group on seizure cases of chemical precursors designed for the production of narcotic drugs, to discuss issues related to the planning of joint operations at the regional level, and to prepare recommendations following the meeting.
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- Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Identification of forged travel documents and the techniques of their identification
From September 18, 2017, a week training workshop on identifying fake travel documents and identification techniques for the servicemen of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been held in CARICC facilities.
This event is organized by the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section (INL) of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in conjunction with the OSCE Programmes Office in Astana with the support of CARICC.
This training workshop is delivered by international experts from the Austrian Ministry of Interior and the Border and Customs Agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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- Thursday, 14 September 2017
LE TrainNET - Low Enforcement Training Network
During the period from August 30 to September 02, CARICC’s staff of Information and Analytical Division attended an International Conference held as part of the initiative “LE TrainNET - Low Enforcement Training Network ” in Mexico City, Mexico.
The event was attended by representatives of the Federal Police of Mexico, the Continental International Police Organization AMERIPOL, INTERPOL, the Caribbean Regional Training Center in Jamaica, the U.S. Inter-American College of Defense, the National Police of Colombia, the National Police of Nicaragua, the British Police, the Special Guard of Spain, the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary, the Academy of South Africa, the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies with the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Directorate for Foreign Exchange Regulation of India. Also, this event was attended by representatives of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Global Programme to combat money laundering, the UNODC Project on Cybercrime for South-East Asian countries and the Pacific, as well as the UNODC Offices in Mexico, Panama, and others.
During the Conference, participants presented information materials on the issues related to disruption of illicit financial flows of all forms of organized crime.
In turn, the Center’s analysts presented information materials on CARICC and its role in upgrading skills of the staff of competent authorities of CARICC member states.
Along with this, issues of cybercrime and the use of crypto-currencies (bitcoins) by criminal elements in the Internet were discussed by the participants.
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- Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Concerning the appointment of UNODC Adviser on combating money laundering / counteracting the financing of terrorism in Central Asia
The Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC) informs that Elsbieta Franko-Jaskiewicz (Ms.) has been newly appointed as an Adviser on anti-money laundering/combating financing terrorism in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime that covers the Central Asian region.
Ms. Franco-Jaskiewicz is deployed in CARICC starting on September 11, 2017.
The UNODC Adviser on anti-money laundering will provide technical assistance in combating money laundering, financing of terrorism, recovering proceeds derived from crimes and eliminating illicit financial flows, paying special attention to this problem in the Central Asian region.
Taking into account the vast experience of Ms. Franco-Jaskiewicz in the field of practical investigations conducted within the financial intelligence agencies, international and interagency cooperation, CARICC hopes that her assistance will further strengthen the role of the Center in combating illicit financial flows, as well as in counteracting money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
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- Monday, 11 September 2017
PRESS-ANNOUNCEMENT on Meeting of Liaison Officers of Observer States with CARICC
On the 5th of October 2017, the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (hereinafter - CARICC) schedules to host a regular annual meeting of Diplomatic Missions and Missions with the participation of liaison officers of observer states with CARICC.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and develop mechanisms for interaction among the Center and observer states with CARICC to exchange intelligence in the field of illicit drug trafficking through the capacities of authorized liaison officers.
During this event, it is scheduled to discuss issues of enhancing international cooperation in the field of countering transnational drug-related crime.
Along with this, it is expected to take consolidated efforts to develop a centralized approach in planning, organizing and conducting training courses and seminars aimed at improving the skills of personnel of the competent authorities of CARICC member states at the initiative of observer states.
Liaison officers from Austria, Afghanistan, Belarus, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, China, Pakistan, Romania, USA, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, France, Japan, representatives of the INTERPOL General Secretariat and Southeast Law Enforcement Center (SELEC), as well as liaison officers of the competent authorities of CARICC member states are invited to attend this scheduled event.
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- Friday, 11 August 2017
CARICC Officers attended a training seminar in Kostanay as experts
From 31st of July to 04th of August 2017, in order to tackle transnational crime, in CARICC officers attended a regular training seminar on organizing profiling at the checkpoints as experts in Kostanay.
This training seminar was organized for border control officers of the Republic of Kazakhstan National Security Committee Border Service as part of a joint initiative of the Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan (INL) and the OSCE Programmes Office in Astana.
The purpose of the seminar was to develop theoretical knowledge and acquire practical skills among the officers of border control authorities in organizing and implementing the profiling of suspicious individuals and goods crossing the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan at international road, rail and air checkpoints to tackle multiple types of threats to national security (illicit drug trafficking, religious extremism, and international terrorism).
The training course conducted by CARICC analysts has received a positive feedback from the participants of the event. Following the results of the seminar, the participants were awarded certificates.
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- Thursday, 27 July 2017
The joint meeting of the Ministers of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
On 21 July, 2017 joint meeting of the Ministers of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, Colonel-General Kalmuhanbet Kasymov and Kyrgyzstan, Colonel of Police Ulan Israilov was held in the city of Cholpon-Ata in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan.
The meeting was also attended by the heads of the central offices of the ministries of internal affairs of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and the Republic of Kazakhstan, the territorial divisions of the Directorate of Internal affairs of the Talas, Issyk-Kul and Chui regions, the plenipotentiary representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic in CARICC and the heads of the departments of internal affairs of Almaty, Almaty and Zhambyl regions of Republic of Kazakhstan.
The participants of the joint meeting discussed and exchanged views on current issues and prospects for cooperation between the ministries of internal affairs in the new conditions. The issues of strengthening the interaction between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in countering extremism are considered, special attention is focused on improving the interaction of law enforcement bodies in the field of combating cross-border crime. In addition, issues of combating organized crime and illicit drug trafficking, illegal trafficking in weapons and explosives, cybercrime, cooperation in combating crime, tracing criminals, theft of cattle in border areas, strengthening of information interaction, as well as joint operative-search and preventive measures.
Interaction between law enforcement agencies of the two countries is carried out on the basis of the interstate program of joint measures to combat crime.
As of today, the counteraction to international terrorism, the identification and suppression of the activities of regional extremist organizations is carried out in close cooperation with the 10 GU of the of the Kyrgyz Republic MIA and the Office for Countering Extremism of the Criminal Police Department of the Republic of Kazakhstan MIA.
In the context of these processes, cooperation between the ministries of internal affairs of neighboring republics is developing in a multilateral format within the framework of such integration associations as the CIS, the SCO, the CSTO, the OSCE and CARICC. This means that the internal affairs bodies of both states are discovering new spheres of partnership.
Interstate programs to combat various types of crimes in the territory of the CIS are being actively implemented. And, as practice shows, the implementation of these interstate programs yields positive results. Along with international agreements, in particular within the framework of the CSTO, the SCO, the ATC, the BKBOP of the CIS, bilateral cooperation will be successfully implemented within the framework of the Interaction Plan of the MIA of Kazakhstan and the MIA of Kyrgyzstan.
Following the results of the joint meeting, an agreement was signed on joint measures in the areas of combating cross-border crime, crimes of extremist and terrorist nature, drug trafficking and drug trafficking, combating crime in border areas, including those related to embezzlement of others' property. Based on the results of the joint meeting, a relevant protocol decision was adopted.
Heads of delegations highly appreciated the development of bilateral interdepartmental cooperation, noted the successful implementation of the decisions of the first meeting of the joint board (Taraz, Kazakhstan, 2015), the activation of interaction in the main areas of activity of the two ministries, including the border police in the combating against all Types of crime. It was noted that the interaction between the ministries on combating of crime has reached a qualitatively new level.
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- Tuesday, 25 July 2017
CARICC conducted a seminar-training on the introduction of statistical analysis methods
A training seminar was held from 17th to 21st of July 2017, on the basis of CARICC, on the topic: "Introduction to statistical methods in strategic analysis and application of data on drugs for analytical purposes".
The trainers were the staff of the Drug Research Unit of the Drug Trafficking and Trends Analysis Unit of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ms. Rahima Mansurova (ROCA UNODC, Tashkent) and Mr. Thomas Pichman (UNODC). Vein).
The event was attended by analysts of the information and analysis unit of CARICC. They increased within five days their knowledge of the basic concepts of strategic analysis of drug crime, statistical analysis methods, the possibilities of processing data of table arrays for drugs in the MS Excel program.
Colleagues of UNODC demonstrated presentations on the Survey of the Conclusions of the World Drug Report, was given recommendations for the analysis of data collected by CARICC from the competent authorities of the participating States.
This year, the UNODC plans to conduct a similar training on the strategic analysis of data on drugs for CARICC staff, as well as analysts from the competent authorities of the Central Asian states.
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- Friday, 30 June 2017
A regular expert meeting was held in CARICC as part of the UNODC Project F-23
During the period from June 29 to June 30, 2017, a regular expert meeting was held in CARICC as part of the UNODC Project F-23 “Law Enforcement Systems for Collecting, Analyzing and Sharing Intelligence in Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking”.
The purpose of the expert meeting was to discuss issues of assistance to strengthen cooperation / capacities of analytical units in discovering crimes related to illicit drug trafficking, as well as in strengthening the interaction amongst law enforcement officers.
In addition, participants to the meeting discussed the issue of assessing capacities of training centers to conduct training courses in the field of intelligence and strategic analysis.
The expert meeting was attended by representatives of the competent authorities of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as UNODC and U.S. DEA.
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