On 13 and 14 November, the PCUz, jointly with the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threat Department (TNTD), organized in Tashkent a regional workshop on countering illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs for representatives of law enforcement agencies.
The event brought together more than 50 experts from ministries and law enforcement agencies from France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The participants discussed ways aimed at improving inter-agency co-operation among law enforcement, co-ordination and information-sharing at the regional and national levels, and other issues. The workshop was held within the framework of the PCUz project ‘Providing assistance to the host country in countering illicit circulation of drugs’.