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Second regional workshop on international co-operation in criminal matters

Description

This workshop, co-hosted by the OSCE in co-operation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, will focus on common issues for all countries in the region, including extradition and mutual legal assistance, combating money laundering, confiscating criminal assets and the exchange of data from criminal records.

Summary

The OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the OSCE Centre in Astana helped to organise the workshop, which will focus on common issues for all countries in the region, including extradition and mutual legal assistance, combating money laundering, confiscating criminal assets and the exchange of data from criminal records.

The workshop provided participants with the occasion to network and discuss opportunities for international co-operation and mutual legal assistance.

The three-day meeting brought together more than 60 practitioners from the five Central Asian States, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Experts from Australia, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation and the UNODC will participate.