Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities 2015
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Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities 2015 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is The World’s Largest Regional Security Organization working to ensure peace, democracy and stability for more than a billion people between Vancouver and Vladivostok. This report is submitted in accordance with Decision 9, paragraph 6, of the Bucharest Ministerial Council Meeting, 4 December 2001 © OSCE 2016 All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may be freely used and copied for educational and other non-commercial purposes, provided that any such reproduction be accompanied by an acknowled- gement of the OSCE as the source. OSCE Secretariat Transnational Threats Department Strategic Police Matters Unit Wallnerstrasse 6 1010 Vienna, Austria SEC.DOC/2/16 21 July 2016 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.osce.org/secretariat/policing http://polis.osce.org Original: ENGLISH Table of Contents Preface by the OSCE Secretary General 2 Executive Summary 4 1. Introduction 9 2. Activities of the Transnational Threats Department 13 2.1 TNTD/Co-ordination Cell 15 2.2 TNTD/Strategic Police Matters Unit 16 2.3 TNTD/Action against Terrorism Unit 24 2.4 TNTD/Borders Security and Management Unit 27 3. Police-Related Activities of other Thematic Units 31 3.1 Gender Section 32 3.2 Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities 33 3.3 Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings 34 4. Police-Related Activities of Field Operations 37 SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE 38 4.1 Presence in Albania 38 4.2 Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina 43 4.3 Mission in Kosovo 47 4.4 Mission to Montenegro 64 4.5 Mission to Serbia 71 4.6 Mission to Skopje 82 EASTERN EUROPE 89 4.7 Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine 89 SOUTH CAUCASUS 94 4.8 Project Co-ordinator in Baku 94 4.9 Office in Yerevan 96 CENTRAL ASIA 102 4.10 Centre in Ashgabat 102 4.11 Centre in Astana 105 4.12 Centre in Bishkek 109 4.13 Office in Tajikistan 116 4.14 Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan 123 Appendices 129 Appendix 1: ODIHR Annual Report on Police-Related Activities for 2015 130 Appendix 2: OSCE MC and PC Decisions and Action Plans with a Focus on Police-Related Activities 135 Appendix 3: Abbreviations and Acronyms 141 Appendix 4: Contact Details in 2015-2016 145 1 Preface by the OSCE Secretary General Police-related activities are a key element and an integral part of the OSCE’s efforts in conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation, as stated in the 1999 Charter for European Security. The OSCE’s engagement in police-related activities is more crucial than ever at a time in which the OSCE region is exposed to multiple security challenges that range from instability and armed conflict to violent extremism and terrorism, organized crime and trafficking in arms, drugs and human beings. The Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities aims at illustrating and underlining the OSCE’s commitment in this area. The document provides a comprehensive overview of all police-related projects and activities carried out by the OSCE executive structures. They draw on the combined strength of the OSCE’s institutions and its network of field operations, often cutting across the OSCE’s three security dimensions. The Annual Report has been presented in the same format from the beginning of its publication. This year, we decided to change its design and structure to better align the types and categories of activities with recently adopted OSCE decisions, and to make the report more user friendly for all stakeholders. Mirroring the effective co-operation among all relevant OSCE executive structures, we arranged all chapters in the same way, hoping to give the reader a comparative overview of programmes, projects and other activities. In addition, we added information on financial resources and staff at the beginning of each field operation’s chapter, showing the percentage of total resources allocated to police-related activities, as compared to the previous year. 2 In line with the OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities (PC.DEC/1049), this report divides all police-related activities into two main categories: t General police development and reform, and t Capacity-building to address threats posed by transnational crime. Activities related to general police development and reform constitute approximately two thirds of the total number, with the main focus put on community policing initiatives and building strong police-public partnerships. With regard to capacity-building initiatives to address threats posed by crime and criminal networks, the most frequent activities in 2015 targeted organized crime in general and migration-related crime. The two major police-related conferences in 2015 brought together over 270 representatives from participating States and Partners for Co-operation, and international and regional organizations. The 2015 Annual Police Experts Meeting held in Belgrade in May focused on mechanisms to respond to growing connections between organized crime, and trafficking in human beings and irregular migration. The OSCE-wide 2015 Illicit Drugs Conference in Vienna, in September, examined ways to enhance mechanisms to address the increasing supply of illicit drugs to young people. I trust that our new report structure and design will increase the report’s value for all OSCE stakeholders and will further contribute to our efforts to strengthen the law enforcement services of participating States and Partners for Co-operations. Lamberto Zannier OSCE Secretary General 3 Executive Summary In line with its mandate and the interests of participating With regard to the fight against transnational threats, States, the OSCE continued to provide police assistance activities related to organized crime in general was the most in two major areas: 1) general police development and prominent field of work, especially in the field operations reform, and 2) the fight against threats posed by criminal in Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of activity, including organized crime, terrorism, illicit drugs Macedonia, adding up to about 20% of all activities devoted and chemical precursors, trafficking in human beings and to this topic. This was directly followed by activities related to cybercrime. countering trafficking in human beings, mostly implemented in the field operations in Albania, Montenegro, Ukraine Over three quarters of all police-related activities were and Armenia. Activities on counter-terrorism and fighting dedicated to addressing general police development and violent extremism and radicalisation that lead to terrorism reform, an increase from 2014. Activities devoted to (VERLT) and cybercrime received the third and fourth enhancing and consolidating community policing/police- greatest attention. public partnership projects were still the most common, particularly in South-Eastern Europe, as well as in Armenia The following charts provide an overview of the OSCE’s and Tajikistan. The proportion of activities devoted to police-related activities in 2015: community policing added up to nearly half of all police development and reform related activities, an increase of 8% from 2014. Efforts to enhance police accountability through police development and reform within security sector reform (SSR), addressing gender-based and domestic violence, and police monitoring and confidence building were the other three areas that received most attention. Total Police-Related Activities in 2015 at a Glance Total Analysis of Lessons Training Learned, Assessments Information and Guidelines Exchange / Institution and Capacity-Building ACTIVITIES ON: General Police Development and Reform 70% Threats posed by Criminal Activity 30% 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TOTAL OSCE Activities Matrix 2015 – Police-Related Activities Analysis of Information Lessons Exchange / Learned, Institution and Assessments Activity Capacity-Building Training and Guidelines Total General Police Development and Reform Police Monitoring and Confidence-Building 1 14 49 64 Police Development and 67 58 29 154 Reform within Security Sector Reform Strategic Planning including 10 3 12 25 Threat Assessments Human Resources / Police Management 0 0 0 0 Police Accountability and Transparency 0 0 0 0 Anti-Corruption 17 14 1 32 Gender and Ethnic Mainstreaming 9 0 0 9 70% Community Policing and 218 99 21 338 Police-Public Relations Gender-Based and Domestic Violence 53 13 3 69 Hate Crime 0 33 8 41 Specialized Investigations Units / Forensics 21 16 7 44 Public Order and Crisis Management 4 11 8 23 Other 4 0 0 4 803 Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Organized Crime 26 18 6 50 Criminal Investigations and Analysis 4 13 4 21 Financial Investigations, Anti-Money 11 5 1 17 Laundering and Seizures of Criminal Proceeds Cross-Border Co-operation in 22 5 1 28 Criminal Matters Counter-Terrorism & VERLT 32 16 7 55 30% Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors 19 13 2 34 Trafficking in Human Beings & 44 16 6 66 Migration-Related Crime Cybercrime 19 13 3 35 Border Security and Management / Customs 14 8 1 23 Other 4 0 17 21 350 Total 599 368 186 1153 5 2015 COMPREHENSIVE Activities Matrix OSCE SECRETARIAT OSCE AND INSTITUTIONS FIELD OPERATIONS 3 1 2 ODIHR TNTD/CC TNTD/SPMU TNTD/ATU TNTD/BSMU GENDER OSR/CTHB OCEEA Albania Ashgabat B & H Baku Bishkek Kosovo Montenegro Serbia Skopje Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Yerevan Activity Astana General Police Development