Material from an international conference on fighting terrorism as a transnational threat to security, which was organised by the Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan in cooperation with the OSCE Transnational Threats Department
The four-day training focused on definitions of terrorism and types of hostage takers and addressed different phases of negotiations, including understanding the situation and information gathering.
This report, produced by the SPMU, provides an overview of the workshop that took place in Vienna on 9-11 July 2008 as well as recommendations by the participants. The primary goal was to improve national and international legal co-operation and information exchange between the investigative agencies and central authorities.
This conference report produced by the TNTD/Action againt Terrorism Unit, includes some background information, summary of discussions, as well as the list of challenges and recommendations.