OSCE approach to preventing and combating organized crime
Understanding the phenomenon Addressing illicit financial flows Strengthening prevention and and confiscating criminal assets fostering resilience
Producing research and guidance on Strengthening the ability of Strengthening the ability of criminal criminal structures, actors, operations, participating States to implement the justice and civil society practitioners to and trends, including the emerging role of “follow the money” approach to deprive disrupt recruitment and prevent youth technology, to support participating States criminals of their financial power by involvement in crime through education, to implement effective, evidence-based and limiting their ability to expand their early identification of youth at risk victim-centered measures to prevent and operations and removing the incentive and embedding a multi-stakeholder of financial gain. approach. combat organized crime.
Cross-cutting priorities: b Regional and cross-regional co-operation and good practice exchange b Gender-sensitive and human-right centered approaches OSCE action to prevent and combat organized crime: impact in 2023 and 2024 Key facts and figures Main policy outcomes Publications 8 high-level policy discussions on organized crime u Supported the development of the now 22 regional events adopted Youth Strategy of the Canton of Sarajevo, which includes organized crime
34 crime / gender disaggregated criminal justice actors trained on organized prevention, with a particular emphasis on youth crime prevention.
800,000 crime and prevention young people educated on organized u Development and adoption of Standard Operating Procedures on financial young people reached in investigations for prosecutors in 1.5 million Kyrgyzstan through prevention awareness campaign Montenegro to streamline processes and enhance the effectiveness of recovering assets linked to organized crime. civil society organizations supported in South
10 Eastern Europe to hold grassroot and communi- ty-based initiatives on organized crime preven- u Facilitated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on tracing, detection and tion Hardware for the Moldovan General Police and management of illegal assets between agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine. the Border Police (servers, desktops, monitors, consumables) u Proposed amendments to the legislative framework on trafficking of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW), 7 licenses i2 Analyst Notebook (software) for the which is expected to improve detection, search and Moldovan General Police and the Border Police seizure operations, elevating the quality of investigations
3 Police K9-specialized vehicles for the Moldovan Border and evidence-gathering in SALW trafficking cases.
u Supported the Moldovan General Police with the 2 SUV K9-specialized vehicles for the Moldovan development of the first K9 Masterplan entitled General Police “Development of the K9 Directorate of the Republic of
7 Police Intelligent Car Equipment (PiCAR) sys- tems for the Moldovan General Police Moldova General Police Inspectorate”.
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How it’s being implemented: Awareness raising: Highlight women’s dual roles as both victims and active participants in organized crime to criminal justice practitioners. Raise awareness of the factors driving women’s involvement and the roles they assume within criminal networks to promote more effective prevention, intervention, and exit strategies; Key components: Capacity building: Equip practitioners with the skills to effectively The OSCE promotes a gender- identify, investigate, and prosecute women involved in organized Address gender stereotypes: Raise awareness on gender biases sensitive and human rights- crime. Focus on capacities to identify women at risk of recruitment, and expectations regarding organized crime victims and offenders. particularly those with a history of victimization, to strengthen focused approach to combatting prevention efforts and support targeted exit initiatives; Ensure inclusive prevention and exit programmes: Ensure organized crime, ensuring that women and girls are identified, referred to, and included in, Regional exchange and co-operation: Facilitate regional and women are recognized as both prevention, exit, and reintegration initiatives. Early identification of cross-regional co-operation and sharing of good practices at the victims and criminal actors. victims is essential to disrupt the cycle of crime, as many victims policy and programmatic levels on gender-sensitive approaches to may later become offenders if their exploitation is not recognized organized crime. This approach spans the entire and they are not supported in time. criminal justice cycle: from Promote a whole-of-society approach: Foster partnerships Result: End impunity, ensure justice, deliver support to prevention and investigation to between the criminal justice system, social services, schools and victims. prosecution. civil society.
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