OSCE supports training seminar on combating trafficking in human beings in Kazakhstan

Strengthening co-operation between police and border guards in the identification and suppression of channels of illegal export, import and transit of victims of human trafficking was the focus of a two-day training seminar, which concluded on 30 April 2019 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan.

Some 20 representatives of the Police departments of the city of Shymkent, the Zhambyl, Kyzylorda and Turkestan regions, as well as officers of the ‘Ontustik’ regional administration of the Border Service of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee,  participated in the training seminar.

They learned about the mechanisms of human trafficking, the specifics of investigation of human trafficking, as well as the international and national anti-trafficking legislation. The curriculum also included techniques for in-depth psychological analysis of a suspect’s verbal and non-verbal behaviour as well as ways to identify specific risk indicators. A number of practical exercises provided the participants with the opportunity to apply their newly acquired knowledge.

The event was part of the OSCE Programme Office’s long-standing efforts to support the host country in combating human trafficking and in implementing the OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings.