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OSCE-UNODC Regional workshop on international cooperation in criminal matters

Description

The purpose of this senior practitioners workshop, jointly organised by OSCE and UNODC, was to facilitate capacity building of the national criminal justice systems, with emphasis on the Central Asian region, to improve national and international legal co-operation and information exchange between the investigative agencies and central authorities from Central Asian region and other concerned countries

Summary

The workshop focused, particularly, on extradition and mutual legal assistance, seizures, freezing and confiscation of asset, and exchange of data from criminal records. The workshops provided participants with the opportunity to discuss common problems for their countries in the field of international cooperation and mutual legal assistance, as well as made recommendations for further actions, projects, and interventions necessary at the regional level.