On August 22, 2022, in Tashkent, a meeting of the CARICC delegation headed by the Director Major General of Militia R. Miralizoda with the delegation of the RATS SCO Executive Committee headed by the Director Major General R. Mirzaev took place.

The meeting was held in order to intensify the activities of the Joint Working Group of CARICC and the Executive Committee of the RATS SCO to conduct an analytical study in the field of the relationship between drug trafficking, transnational crime and terrorism in the Central Asian region.

The parties exchanged views on the development of the drug situation in Central Asia. They noted that the intensification of the activities of transnational organized criminal drug groups is a growing threat to the CARICC member states.

The Director of CARICC proposed to intensify bilateral cooperation through the Joint Working Group on the study of topical problems of the relationship between terrorism and drug trafficking, including in the field of financing terrorism from funds received from drug trafficking.

The parties discussed the possibility of organizing in October this year. on the basis of CARICC in Almaty, a meeting of experts from the EC RATS SCO and the Center to discuss issues arising from joint activities.