On 3-4 April 2019, in the framework of Component 1 of the CARICC Regional Program “DISRUPTION”, with the support of the EU Action Program on Combating Drugs on Organized Crime and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, CARICC organized a seminar-meeting on the subject: “Developing a national inter-agency cross-border interaction mechanism , effectively undermining the financial resources of organized crime. "
The event was attended by experts from national coordinating bodies and financial intelligence units of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, experts from Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, as well as the Eurasian Group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure and the EU Drug Action Program on Organized Crime.
The event discussed the development of interdepartmental cooperation and international cooperation aimed at effectively undermining the financial foundation of organized drug crime, and also studied the experience of the fusion centers in Lithuania, Sweden and Finland in the fight against money laundering.
Following the results of the seminar-meeting, experts from European countries with the participation of CARICC offered participants recommendations for the development of a national inter-agency cross-border interaction mechanism that effectively undermines the financial resources of organized drug crime.

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On March 29, 2019, a working meeting was held at CARICC with Mr. GB Pustovitov Director of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursors with the Deputy Directors Mr. A.G. Mukashev and Mr. A.B. Turdimatov of the RATS SCO Executive Committee. The meeting was also attended by the CARICC - heads of divisions and employees of the Center, authorized representatives of the competent authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan to CARICC; from the guests' side - an expert of the RATS SCO Executive Committee.
During the meeting, information was presented on the goals and objectives of the Center as part of the mandate, results of operations, operations carried out in the region with the active participation and coordinating role of CARICC, as well as initiatives that CARICC plans to implement in the near future.
Further joint actions were discussed to implement the results of negotiations enshrined in the Protocol between the heads of the RATS SCO and CARICC dated June 15, 2018 in Tashkent.
The parties recognized the importance of strengthening cooperation between CARICC and the RATS SCO Executive Committee and expressed their intention to continue cooperation.

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Between March 18 to 20, 2019, a national workshop for staff of educational institutions and professional training institutions on the subject “Methodology of e-learning introduction” was held by experts of the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) on the platform of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Centre for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors.

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In the period from March 11 to March 15, 2019, the CARICC Information and Analytical Division conducted a second stage of training for Department on Counteracting Drug Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Internal Affairs employees.
As part of the course, CARICC staff and a UNODC expert for police officers conducted a practical course on studying methods for collecting and analyzing information using the “i2 iBase” and “i2 Analyst Notebook” software, and methods of countering criminal activities carried out using modern communication technologies and DarkNet Internet networks.
The training was organized with the support of the Division for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement of the US Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan (INL), as well as the component “Law Enforcement Systems for the Collection, Analysis and Exchange of Operational and Other Information in the Field of Counter-Narcotics”, UNODC Program for Central Asian States, Partnership Framework for Successful Activities in Central Asia 2015-2019, Sub-program 1.

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