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ENGLISH Table of Contents Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities 2016 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 2017 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 SEC.DOC/1/17/Rev.1 Wallnerstrasse 6 27 July 2017 1010 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] Original: ENGLISH http://www.osce.org/secretariat/policing http://polis.osce.org 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 14 2.2 TNTD/Strategic Police Matters Unit 16 2.3 TNTD/Action against Terrorism Unit 26 2.4 TNTD/Borders Security and Management Unit 30 3. Police-Related Activities of other Thematic Units 33 3.1 Gender Section 34 3.2 Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities 35 3.3 Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings 37 4. Police-Related Activities of Field Operations 41 SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE 42 4.1 Presence in Albania 42 4.2 Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina 48 4.3 Mission in Kosovo 53 4.4 Mission to Montenegro 70 4.5 Mission to Serbia 78 4.6 Mission to Skopje 88 EASTERN EUROPE 94 4.7 Mission to Moldova 94 4.8 Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine 96 SOUTH CAUCASUS 102 4.9 Office in Yerevan 102 CENTRAL ASIA 108 4.10 Centre in Ashgabat 108 4.11 Programme Office in Astana 111 4.12 Centre in Bishkek 112 4.13 Office in Tajikistan 122 4.14 Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan 127 Appendices 133 Appendix 1: ODIHR Annual Report on Police-Related Activities for 2016 133 Appendix 2: OSCE MC and PC Decisions and Action Plans with a Focus on Police-Related Activities 140 Appendix 3: Abbreviations and Acronyms 146 Appendix 4: Contact Details in 2016-2017 150 1 Preface by the OSCE Secretary General Police-related activities constitute a key element of the OSCE’s efforts in conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation, as stated in the 1999 Charter for European Security. This is reiterated and further underlined in later MC and PC decisions, the most recent one being the OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities from 2012 (PC.DEC/1049). The Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police- Related Activities provides a comprehensive overview of all police-related projects, activities and events, which 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. In line with the 2012 OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities, 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 constituted approximately two-thirds of the total number of activities in 2016, with the main focus put on community policing initiatives, police-public partnerships, crime prevention and general police reform. With regard to capacity-building initiatives to address threats posed by crime and criminal networks, the most frequent activities in 2016 targeted trafficking in human beings and migration-related crime, followed by activities to address terrorism and violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism. 2 Meanwhile, the two most important OSCE police-related conferences in 2016 continued to attract strong interest, bringing together over 340 representatives from participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as international and regional organizations: t The 2016 Annual Police Experts Meeting discussed good practices and lessons learned in implementing intelligence-led policing in different OSCE participating States. An OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing based on key findings from that meeting will be published in July 2017. t The 2016 OSCE-wide Illicit Drugs Conference followed up on the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem and considered measures to support OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation in implementing the UNGASS 2016 Roadmap for Tackling the World Drug Problem. At a time when the OSCE region faces numerous security challenges – ranging from instability and armed conflict to violent extremism and terrorism, organized crime and trafficking in arms, drugs and human beings – the Organization’s engagement in police-related activities is as crucial as ever. This report well illustrates our firm determination to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement services in participating States and Partners for Co-operation to more effectively address these multiple challenges. Lamberto Zannier OSCE Secretary General 3 Executive Summary The OSCE continued to provide police assistance in two With regard to the fight against transnational threats, major areas, in line with its mandate and the interests of activities related to trafficking in human beings and participating States: 1) general police development and migration-related crime were the most prominent, especially reform, and 2) the fight against threats posed by criminal in the field operations in Albania, the former Yugoslav activity, including organized crime, terrorism, illicit drugs Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro. Activities related and chemical precursors, trafficking in human beings and to border security and management increased significantly cybercrime. in 2016, in particular in Albania and Montenegro. Activities related to countering organized crime were the third most Slightly under three quarters of the total number of police- common activities throughout OSCE executive structures. related activities organized and delivered by the OSCE executive structures were dedicated to addressing general The following charts provide overviews of the OSCE’s police- police development and reform, a slight decrease from related activities in 2016: 2015. Activities devoted to enhancing and consolidating community policing/police-public partnership projects were still the most common, with notable increases in activities focused on hate crimes. Activities on human rights and police accountability increased considerably between 2015 and 2016. A significant number of activities also focused on gender-based and domestic violence. Total Police-Related Activities in 2016 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 66% Threats posed by Criminal Activity 34% 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TOTAL DEPT. Activities Matrix 2016 – 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 80 311 Police Development and Reform within 75 25 50 150 Security Sector Reform Strategic Planning including Threat 30 47 Assessments Human Resources / Police Management 21 47 Human Rights and Police Accountability 32 9 10 51 Anti-Corruption 11 6 3 20 Gender and Ethnic Mainstreaming 21 3 11 35 66 % Community Policing, Police-Public Relations 74 56 29 159 and Crime Prevention Gender-based and Domestic Violence 16 10 33 59 Hate Crime 22 78 17 117 Specialized Investigations Units / Forensics 313 824 Public Order and Crisis Management 11 8 0 19 Other, including co-ordination and 13 1 20 34 co-operation 693 Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Organized Crime 12 9 7 28 Criminal Investigations and Analysis 43 1219 Financial Investigations, Anti-Money 15 13 0 28 Laundering and Seizures of Criminal Proceeds Cross-Border Co-operation in Criminal 12 3 8 23 Matters Counter-Terrorism & VERLT 24 18 12 54 34% Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors 17 5 8 30 Trafficking in Human Beings & Migration- 53 24 12 89 related Crime Cybercrime 11 14 7 32 Border Security and Management / Customs 820 735 Other 10 3 1 14 352 Total 457 322 266 1045 5 2016 COMPREHENSIVE Activities Matrix OSCE SECRETARIAT OSCE AND INSTITUTIONS FIELD OPERATIONS 1 ODIHR CC SPMU ATU BSMU GENDER OSR/CTHB OCEEA Albania Ashgabat B & H Bishkek Kosovo Moldova Montenegro Serbia Skopje Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Yerevan Activity Astana General Police Development and Reform Police Monitoring and Confidence-Building Police Development and Reform within Security Sector Reform Strategic Planning including Threat Assessments Human Resources / Police Management Human Rights and Police Accountability Anti-Corruption Gender and Ethnic Mainstreaming Community Policing, Police-Public Relations and Crime Prevention Gender-based and Domestic Violence Hate Crime Specialized Investigations Units / Forensics Public Order and Crisis Management Other, including co-ordination and co-operation Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Organized Crime Criminal Investigations and Analysis Financial Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering and
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