Participation of the Director of CARICC in the regular meeting of the CIS Council of Internal Affairs Ministers

Director of CARICC Police Colonel Pustovitov G.B. took part in the regular meeting of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (hereinafter referred to as the CMIA) on July 20, 2018 in Baku.
The meeting was attended by the delegation of the Ministries of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Office for the Coordination of the Fight Against Organized Crime and Other Dangerous Types of Crimes on the Territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as representatives of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States at the CIS Executive Committee and International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL.
In the margins of the meeting of the CMIA, the Director of CARICC held working meetings with all the heads of delegations of the above-mentioned states to discuss the issues of interaction. The Director of CARICC presented information on the work of the Center, plans to join to the Agreement on the establishment of CARICC by other countries, as well as to resolve issues on improving the Center's regulatory base and information exchange.

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A Regional Expert Meeting held in CARICC within the framework of the UNODC Programme for Central Asia component

A working meeting with representatives of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the participation of US DEA was held in CARICC

On July 25, 2018, at the initiative of the Kazakh side, a working meeting of the NSC of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the participation of the regional office of the Drug Enforcement Administration under the US Department of Justice in Kazakhstan was held in CARICC.
During the meeting, participants discussed current issues in the sphere of assistance from CARICC for coordination of international anti-drug operations, as well as information and analytical activities of the Centre.
Representatives of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan made a number of proposals in the field of combating the international drug-related business.
Following the results of this meeting, the parties reached an agreement on developing cooperation in accordance with the mandate of CARICC.

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A regional seminar for analysts from the competent authorities of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Meeting with the representative of the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Pre-operational meeting of ICPO INTERPOL was held in CARICC

Between 9th and 11th of July, a pre-operational meeting on the initiative of the General Secretariat of ICPO INTERPOL was held, hosted and co-organized by CARICC.
The decision on the participation of CARICC in the Global Anti-drug Operation of ICPO INTERPOL was taken by the Center's leadership on the motivated proposal of the management of the General Secretariat of ICPO Interpol in February 2018 in Lyon, France.
In April 2018, during the Global Anti-drug Conference of the Member States and partners of INTERPOL held in the city of Toledo, Spain, the management of ICPO Interpol proposed to hold a pre-operational meeting for the Global Anti-Drug Operation of ICPO INTERPOL for representatives of NCAs and CAs of CARICC Member States and a number of other states (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Mongolia, Georgia, Belarus) at CARICC in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Participants of the meeting discussed current issues and highlighted priorities of the upcoming Global Anti-drug Operation of ICPO INTERPOL.

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CARICC participation in the Regional Training Course on organization of targeting at border crossing points

Participation of CARICC in a regular meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group in Astana

The CARICC leadership congratulated the authorized representatives of the participating States and CARICC staff with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

On June 26, 2018, at the weekly meeting of plenipotentiaries of the participating States and CARICC personnel, deputy director general-lieutenant A.Shayakhmetov, on behalf of the Center, congratulated everyone on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, approved by the decision of the UN General Assembly in 1987.
A CARICC note was also read out, which will be sent to the heads of the competent authorities of the CARICC participating States and observer states with an expression of support in the fight against the global threat of drug abuse.

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CARICC participated in the coordination meeting of the CSTO member states chief narcologists

In the period from June 21 to 22, 2018, CARICC representatives headed by G.Pustovitov took part in the coordination meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states main narcologists held within the framework of the round table on the subject "Results of the National Study on The use of drugs among schoolchildren in the age group of 13-18 years. Development of measures to prevent the use of psychoactive substances."
The meeting was attended by the main doctors-narcologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the chief physician of the Minsk city narcological dispensary of the Republic of Belarus, the President of the Moscow Scientific and Practical Center of Narcology, the chief freelance narcologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the CSTO Secretariat advisor, and the Ministry of Health and Education of the Republic Kazakhstan.
During the event, the work experience was exchanged, with regard to the interaction of primary health care physicians in the early detection of psychoactive substance users among people who turn to medical organizations, as well as their motivation to seek specialized medical care.
The Director of CARICC G.Pustovitov brought information about the Center, its main activities, the results of coordination work, and announced plans to improve the analytical component in the analysis of the drug situation. The problem of the spread of new types of psychoactive substances was noted. In this regard, the Director of CARICC informed the participants about the results of the implementation of the Regional Operation "Reflex-2017" and the prospects for a similar operation, "Reflex 2018".

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