This lessons learned report describes and compares the challenges the Law Enforcement Departments (LEDs) of the OSCE field operations faced when they implemented their mandates. Furthermore, the report compiles and compares the strategies and practices the LEDs applied to cope with the challenges. This is the Volume 7 in the SPMU Publication Series.
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.