ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE
Kazak border guards attended a training seminar in March 2016 in Almaty to learn about document integrity and methods of detecting document forgery and imposters. The event was organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Border Guard Service under the National Security Committee.
Experts from Austria and Kazakhstan shared best practices in international document security, including the identification of falsified travel documents, document control, the use of paper and polymer substitutes for document security, conventional printing techniques, photo protection, secondary verification, profiling and psychological techniques to identify potential criminals during border crossings. Participants were provided with training material developed by the Austrian Federal Ministry for the Interior on increasing operational awareness to detect forged documents.
“The ability to confirm a person’s identification is a key instrument to preventing unauthorized entry into your country,” said Colin McCullough, political officer at the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. “Doing so requires a thorough understanding of how other countries produce and verify their documents, and it is through sharing these practices that countries can best cooperate.”
Col. Marat Magzhanov, head of the Directory of Border Control, said the importance of cooperation among nations can’t be overstated because of “the increase in global threats associated with illegal migration, manifestations of violent extremism and terrorism, all of which have a transnational character.”
The seminar was part of the office’s long-standing efforts to promote the OSCE border security concept in Kazakhstan.
Learn more about this event and other OSCE programs at http://www.osce.org