On 3 and 4 November 2020, a webinar was held by videoconference for middle and senior law enforcement officials of the Republic of Kazakhstan on: “Law enforcement based on intelligence and use of computer software” organized by the “Drug law enforcement systems for collection, analysis and exchange of intelligence and other information and intelligence led policing” Component and Border Cooperation Component of the UNODC Programme for Central Asia in conjunction with CARICC.

Mr. Rasoul Rakhimov, Manager of the UNODC Programme for Central Asia, and Mr. Naweed Riaz, Head of the UNODC Programme Office in the Republic of Kazakhstan, made welcoming remarks.

During two days of work to enhance capacity of law enforcement agencies in collection of intelligence for detection of drug crimes and law enforcement based on intelligence, the participants were shown presentations by UNODC experts Mr. Naweed Riaz and Mr. Denis Toichiev, as well as by CARICC staff members Ms. Alevtina Tiurina, IAP senior analyst, and Ms. Tatiana Evdokimova, IAP analyst.

It was mentioned by the participants that such trainings contribute to improvement of professional level of competent authorities' employees and spread best practices of intelligence use.