During the period from March 26 to March 28, 2018, village Qarasu, Zhambyl region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, hosted a training seminar in organizing targeting at border crossing points, which was attended by an officer of CARICC as an expert, at the invitation of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section (INL) of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan, OSCE Programmes Office in Astana, and the UNODC Programme for Central Asia.
The training seminar was organized for border control bodies’ officers of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the State Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic, as part of the joint initiative of INL, OSCE and the component “Counteracting Opiate Trafficking from Afghanistan through the Northern Route by Strengthening Capacities of Major Checkpoints (CHPs) and Establishment of Border Liaison Offices (BLOs), under the UNODC Programme for Central Asia.
The event made it possible to improve the theoretical knowledge and practical skills with officers of the border control bodies in organizing and targeting of suspicious persons and goods crossing the state border at international automobile, railway and aviation checkpoints in order to counteract various types of threats to national security (drug trafficking, violent extremism, international terrorism).
Thus, CARICC jointly with INL, OSCE and UNODC, as part of interaction, contributes to improving the effectiveness of work of the competent authorities of member states in the fight against transnational organized crime.

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