On April 06, 2018, a Regional Expert Workshop was held in CARICC (Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan), where the CARICC Regional Programme for the System-Wide Fight Against Organized Drug-Related Crime by Weakening its Financial Resources was launched.
The above-mentioned workhop was attended by representatives of national coordinating authorities (NCAs) and financial intelligence units (FIUs) of CARICC member states, experts from the Eurasian Group for Countering Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG), the European Union (Lithuania and Poland), as well as CARICC leadership and staff.
As part of this event, the current situation in the CARICC member states, practices in combating money laundering, topical issues of interaction amongst NCAs and FIUs, as well as the needs of CARICC member states in this area were discussed.
Following the results of this workshop, participants recommended relevant priority directions to implement Component 1 of the CARICC Regional Programme for the system-wide fight against organized drug-related crime through the weakening of its financial resources.

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During the period from 03 to 05 April, CARICC hosted a Regional Workshop to tackle illicit financial flows related to transnational organized crime.
A three-day workshop was organized jointly with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), at the initiative of CARICC, under the Subprogramme 2, “International/Regional Cooperation on Legal Matters” of the Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighboring Countries.
The event was attended by representatives of the prosecutor’s office, Ministries of Interior, finance services, financial intelligence units of Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Pakistan, Poland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as international organizations, such as UNODC, European Union Action Against Drugs and Organized Crime (EU-ACT), and the Eurasian Group for Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (EAG).
Experts from CARICC shared their initiatives in the field of counteracting drug trafficking and new approaches to undermining the economic foundations of the drug-related business.
During three days, participants to the event discussed the current legislation of participating countries to the workshop in the field of financial investigations, asset recovery that were illegally transferred abroad, as well as certain issues and solutions in this area within the framework of international cooperation.

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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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From 26 to 29 March 2018, representatives of Afghan Opiates Trade Project of Vienna, Bishkek and Tashkent Offices of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime organized a training course in enhancing capacities in the field of conducting surveys at CARICC facilities.
Instructors of the training course were the managers of this Project, specialists in the field of conducting surveys, communications, databases, as well as a lecturer from Webster University in Vienna.
The seminar was attended by officers of the Afghan Customs Service, Border Guard Services of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, representatives of the Scientific Research and Analytical Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, and a number of analysts from the Information and Analytical Division of CARICC.
Participants achieved mastery of a training course in principles and methods of scientific researches, data array analysis, as well as an introductory course of analytical capabilities of software, such as SPSS, ArcGIS, and ArcMap.

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