Italian Central Directorate of Anti-Drug Services Meets the Officers of the Operation Coordination Team of Uzbekistan's Interagency Mobile Teams to Share Experience

In the framework of the "Countering trafficking of Afghan narcotics in Uzbekistan through establishment of Interagency Mobile Teams" component of the UNODC Programme for Central Asia (2015-2019), representatives of  law enforcement  agencies of the Republic of Uzbekistan visited the Italian Central Directorate of Anti-Drug Services, the Scientific Police Service of the State Police, the Department of Anti-Drug Policies, the Special Operations Group of the General Command of the Carabinieri study tour to Italy from the 6 th to the 9 th of November.

The delegation of seven participants included officers of the State Security Service, the Ministry of Interior and the State Customs Committee who are the members of the Operations Coordination Team of the counter narcotics Interagency Mobile Teams, and also representatives from the National Information-Analytical Center on Drug Control under the Cabinet of Ministers, the Department on Countering Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office and the Security Council under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The delegation made site visits to the International Leonardo da Vinci Airport of Rome, the Operational Aeronautical Command of the Financial Police at Pratica di Mare military base, the National Database of DNA and forensic laboratories of the Scientific Police Service.

The participants learned about the structure, tasks and operational practices of the agencies visited and, in general, about counter-narcotics legislation and the law enforcement system in Italy. The delegation was particularly interested in learning about practical operations, work methods and specialized equipment used by their Italian counterparts. Italy has an outstanding interagency law enforcement cooperation practice which tour participants had a chance to learn about. The Italian Central Directorate of Anti-Drug Services itself is an inter-agency organization which gathers different agencies such as the Carabinieri, the State Police and Financial Guard under a single coordinating body. The knowledge and experience obtained by the delegates during the visit will help to further facilitate the work of the Interagency Mobile Teams in Uzbekistan and their Operation Coordination Team.

The visit also paved the way for enhancing future cooperation between the National Information-Analytical Center on Drug Control of Uzbekistan and the Italian Central Directorate of Anti-Drug Services.

The visit was organized with the support of the Embassy of Italy in Uzbekistan and was hosted by the Italian Central Directorate of Anti-Drug Services (DCSA).

The component on "Countering trafficking of Afghan narcotics in Uzbekistan through establishment if Interagency Mobile Teams" is implemented under Sub-Programme 1 of the UNODC Programme for Central Asia (2015-2019) and generously funded by the Government of Japan.

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