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06ASTANA88
2006-10-15 14:14:00
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Embassy Astana
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KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY REPORT
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UNCLAS ASTANA 000088
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INL SNYDER, CARROLL, ALTON; SCA/CEN FOR OMARA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY REPORT
REF: A) ASTANA 0032, B) ALMATY 0892
UNCLAS ASTANA 000088
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INL SNYDER, CARROLL, ALTON; SCA/CEN FOR OMARA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY REPORT
REF: A) ASTANA 0032, B) ALMATY 0892
1. Summary: INL conducted activities in anti-money laundering,
border security, anti-trafficking, crime statistics, and
counter-narcotics through the calendar quarter that ended September
30. Also during this period, Ambassador Ordway and MVD Minister
Mukhamedzhanov signed the FY2005/2006 ALOA and DCM Milas and
Minister Mukhamedzhanov signed an amendment to the Financial Face
Sheet for FY 2003/2004. End summary.
--------------
Anti-Money Laundering
--------------
2. On July 24-28 INL and the Financial Police Academy sponsored a
continuing professional education course on Financial Investigative
Techniques (FIT) for financial police officers. Experts of the
Office of Technical Assistance of the Department of the U.S.
Treasury conducted the course. The FIT course is a part of the
ongoing mutual work aimed at the improvement of the methods of
financial investigation in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and money
laundering in particular. 23 financial police officers (16
investigators and seven policemen) successfully passed the course.
More sessions are planned for the end of this year to cover officers
in other regions of the country.
3. American experts co-taught the course with the Kazakhstani
specialists from the Procurator General's Office of the RK, Ministry
of Internal Affairs of the RK, Supreme Court of the RK, Agency on
Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (Financial Police),as well
as professors and teachers from the Financial Police Academy. This
approach is a new avenue of cooperation between INL and the Academy.
The course is also remarkable because the educational material was
incorporated into the official curriculum of the Academy approved by
the Agency on Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (Financial
Police) of the RK.
4. Among other topics, the instructors introduced to the FinPol
Officers to use of various sources of information, international
cooperation in the sphere of combating money laundering, Kazakhstani
legislation on anti-money laundering and the structure of the future
FIU, special investigative techniques and methods of proof. An
essential part of the course was practical exercises on the above
mentioned topics.
--------------
STRENGTHENING THE BORDER WITH UZBEKISTAN
--------------
5. International Organization for Migration (IOM) is implementing an
INL-funded Project "Enhancing Immigration Inspection and Border
Control on the Kazakhstani-Uzbekistani Border". One of the main
elements of the project is to train Border Guard Officers and staff
in how to identify fraudulent documents and use controller's mobile
work station for registering passenger documents and identifying the
forged documents "Berkut". On May 22-27 IOM, in cooperation with
the Military Institute of the Committee for National Security (KNB),
conducted two training sessions on Fraudulent Document
Identification and Border Control Techniques for the border guard
staff on the Kazakhstani-Uzbek border. Training was delivered in
two locations "Kazygurt" and "Gani Muratbayeva" and covered 25
people from different border checkpoints.
--------------
KNB NARCOTICS INTERDICTION
--------------
6. As part of U.S. efforts to assist Kazakhstan in the fight against
drug trafficking, INL provided the KNB Military Institute with
equipment to be used in specialized training sessions on drug
identification and the search of vehicles. The equipment provided
will permit cadets to be trained to use equipment at posts they will
be assigned. Ambassador Ordway officially handed over the equipment
to KNB Military Institute Director Baurzhan Yelubayev during a
ceremony at the Institute on June 20.
--------------
IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF CRIME STATISTICS
--------------
7. INL and the Statistics Division of the Procurator General's
Office co-sponsored a conference "Improvement of Collection of State
Legal Statistics and Legislation in Sphere of Combating Drug
Addiction and Drug Trafficking," which was held in the city of
Uralsk (Western - Kazakhstan oblast) on June 27.
8. At the conference, 24 participants from the Ministry of Education
and Science, the Procurator General's Office, the Committee for
National Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of
Internal Affairs worked out draft recommendations on improvement of
collection of statistics, pertaining to narcotics-related crimes and
the number of drug addicts. One of the main issues was
strengthening interagency cooperation in the effort to effectively
combat drug trafficking. The fourth conference is scheduled to take
place in Borovoye (Northern Kazakhstan) on October 27. This is part
of a three-year program to improve the collection, analysis, and
distribution of statistical information on crime and narcotics in
Kazakhstan.
--------------
ANTI-TIP TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND JUDGES
--------------
9. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) implemented
INL-funded training session on anti-trafficking issues for law
enforcement officers and judges. The training aimed at
strengthening professional capacity of the participants in
detection, investigation, prosecution and conduction of hearings of
human trafficking cases.
10. During first session for policemen and investigators on July
24-26, 19 officers successfully completed the course.
Anti-trafficking experts from IOM and Kazakhstani NGO's co-taught
with an expert from the U.S. Participants discussed the issue of
trafficking in persons in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, established
contact with various NGOs that assist trafficking victims, and
learned about U.S. experience in combating human trafficking. At
the end of the seminar, officers developed recommendations to
improve their counter-trafficking work.
11. INL sponsored an anti-TIP training session for judges on July
27-29. 19 judges from around 10 different regions of the country
completed the training. IOM updated participants on the recent
amendments to the anti-trafficking legislation (ref A). The program
mainly focused on judicial investigation and prosecution of
trafficking cases. The U.S. expert shared the experiences of U.S.
law enforcement agencies in prosecution of human trafficking. The
judges developed recommendations for conducting a trial for human
trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced
labor. Next session for law enforcement officers and judges is
scheduled for the beginning of 2007.
--------------
RAISING ANTI-TIP AWARENESS
--------------
12. INL provided a grant to IOM to design, print and disseminate
anti-trafficking in persons information materials. These materials
are designed for law enforcement officers and contain information
about main characteristics of TIP-related crimes, recommendations on
detection and investigation of such crimes, as well as reference to
organizations and agencies that provide assistance to trafficking
victims. IOM disseminates the materials (plastic cards, posters,
notepads, coffee cups, T-shirts, etc. to the participants in
INL-funded training for law enforcement officers and judges.
13. The police divisions in charge of counter-trafficking in
Kazakhstan are lacking specialized materials which would contain
information about the methods of detection and investigation of
trafficking in persons crimes. There is also a need for guidelines
focused on the current counter-trafficking legislation and
trafficking situation specific to the various regions of the
country. To address this need INL funded the development and
distribution of guidelines. Within this grant IOM has printed 1,000
brochures containing the necessary information and is disseminating
them to counter-trafficking police divisions, police academies and
law schools.
--------------
ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CENTER
--------------
14. In July 2005, at the request of the GOK, INL assisted in the
establishment of a Center for Training Specialists on Combating
Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons (Anti-TIP Center) at
the Karaganda Legal Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
(ref B)
15. Renovation of two auditoriums and two offices for the Anti-TIP
Center are underway. INL anticipates completion of refurbishments
by the end of October 2006, in time for the beginning of the next
class of 30 practicing migration policemen. Upon completion of
renovation INL will provide new equipment and furniture.
16. The Anti-TIP Center is a joint U.S.-GOK project. The GOK is
constructing a five-story dormitory for students studying at the
Center. Completion of the dorm is scheduled for the end of 2006.
INL will provide equipment and furniture for the dorm where students
will live when attending courses at the Center. MVD is hopeful that
the Center will receive international status in the future. In that
case, the Center will provide an opportunity for officers from
Central Asian countries to improve their professional skills, as
well as improve cooperation between the countries in combating human
trafficking.
--------------
LETTER OF AGREEMENT
--------------
17. On August 28 Ambassador Ordway and MVD Minister Baurzhan
Mukhamedzhanov signed the Amended Letter of Agreement (#3) which
obligated FY 2005/2006 INL funds totaling $680,000. The funds will
be used to continue programs in counter-narcotics, border security,
anti-TIP, and AML. Additionally, on September 28 DCM Milas and
Minister Mukhamedzhanov signed an amendment to the FY 2003/2004 ALOA
(#4) Face Sheet providing an additional $65,000 for CN and border
security programs.
MILAS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INL SNYDER, CARROLL, ALTON; SCA/CEN FOR OMARA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY REPORT
REF: A) ASTANA 0032, B) ALMATY 0892
1. Summary: INL conducted activities in anti-money laundering,
border security, anti-trafficking, crime statistics, and
counter-narcotics through the calendar quarter that ended September
30. Also during this period, Ambassador Ordway and MVD Minister
Mukhamedzhanov signed the FY2005/2006 ALOA and DCM Milas and
Minister Mukhamedzhanov signed an amendment to the Financial Face
Sheet for FY 2003/2004. End summary.
--------------
Anti-Money Laundering
--------------
2. On July 24-28 INL and the Financial Police Academy sponsored a
continuing professional education course on Financial Investigative
Techniques (FIT) for financial police officers. Experts of the
Office of Technical Assistance of the Department of the U.S.
Treasury conducted the course. The FIT course is a part of the
ongoing mutual work aimed at the improvement of the methods of
financial investigation in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and money
laundering in particular. 23 financial police officers (16
investigators and seven policemen) successfully passed the course.
More sessions are planned for the end of this year to cover officers
in other regions of the country.
3. American experts co-taught the course with the Kazakhstani
specialists from the Procurator General's Office of the RK, Ministry
of Internal Affairs of the RK, Supreme Court of the RK, Agency on
Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (Financial Police),as well
as professors and teachers from the Financial Police Academy. This
approach is a new avenue of cooperation between INL and the Academy.
The course is also remarkable because the educational material was
incorporated into the official curriculum of the Academy approved by
the Agency on Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (Financial
Police) of the RK.
4. Among other topics, the instructors introduced to the FinPol
Officers to use of various sources of information, international
cooperation in the sphere of combating money laundering, Kazakhstani
legislation on anti-money laundering and the structure of the future
FIU, special investigative techniques and methods of proof. An
essential part of the course was practical exercises on the above
mentioned topics.
--------------
STRENGTHENING THE BORDER WITH UZBEKISTAN
--------------
5. International Organization for Migration (IOM) is implementing an
INL-funded Project "Enhancing Immigration Inspection and Border
Control on the Kazakhstani-Uzbekistani Border". One of the main
elements of the project is to train Border Guard Officers and staff
in how to identify fraudulent documents and use controller's mobile
work station for registering passenger documents and identifying the
forged documents "Berkut". On May 22-27 IOM, in cooperation with
the Military Institute of the Committee for National Security (KNB),
conducted two training sessions on Fraudulent Document
Identification and Border Control Techniques for the border guard
staff on the Kazakhstani-Uzbek border. Training was delivered in
two locations "Kazygurt" and "Gani Muratbayeva" and covered 25
people from different border checkpoints.
--------------
KNB NARCOTICS INTERDICTION
--------------
6. As part of U.S. efforts to assist Kazakhstan in the fight against
drug trafficking, INL provided the KNB Military Institute with
equipment to be used in specialized training sessions on drug
identification and the search of vehicles. The equipment provided
will permit cadets to be trained to use equipment at posts they will
be assigned. Ambassador Ordway officially handed over the equipment
to KNB Military Institute Director Baurzhan Yelubayev during a
ceremony at the Institute on June 20.
--------------
IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF CRIME STATISTICS
--------------
7. INL and the Statistics Division of the Procurator General's
Office co-sponsored a conference "Improvement of Collection of State
Legal Statistics and Legislation in Sphere of Combating Drug
Addiction and Drug Trafficking," which was held in the city of
Uralsk (Western - Kazakhstan oblast) on June 27.
8. At the conference, 24 participants from the Ministry of Education
and Science, the Procurator General's Office, the Committee for
National Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of
Internal Affairs worked out draft recommendations on improvement of
collection of statistics, pertaining to narcotics-related crimes and
the number of drug addicts. One of the main issues was
strengthening interagency cooperation in the effort to effectively
combat drug trafficking. The fourth conference is scheduled to take
place in Borovoye (Northern Kazakhstan) on October 27. This is part
of a three-year program to improve the collection, analysis, and
distribution of statistical information on crime and narcotics in
Kazakhstan.
--------------
ANTI-TIP TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND JUDGES
--------------
9. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) implemented
INL-funded training session on anti-trafficking issues for law
enforcement officers and judges. The training aimed at
strengthening professional capacity of the participants in
detection, investigation, prosecution and conduction of hearings of
human trafficking cases.
10. During first session for policemen and investigators on July
24-26, 19 officers successfully completed the course.
Anti-trafficking experts from IOM and Kazakhstani NGO's co-taught
with an expert from the U.S. Participants discussed the issue of
trafficking in persons in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, established
contact with various NGOs that assist trafficking victims, and
learned about U.S. experience in combating human trafficking. At
the end of the seminar, officers developed recommendations to
improve their counter-trafficking work.
11. INL sponsored an anti-TIP training session for judges on July
27-29. 19 judges from around 10 different regions of the country
completed the training. IOM updated participants on the recent
amendments to the anti-trafficking legislation (ref A). The program
mainly focused on judicial investigation and prosecution of
trafficking cases. The U.S. expert shared the experiences of U.S.
law enforcement agencies in prosecution of human trafficking. The
judges developed recommendations for conducting a trial for human
trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced
labor. Next session for law enforcement officers and judges is
scheduled for the beginning of 2007.
--------------
RAISING ANTI-TIP AWARENESS
--------------
12. INL provided a grant to IOM to design, print and disseminate
anti-trafficking in persons information materials. These materials
are designed for law enforcement officers and contain information
about main characteristics of TIP-related crimes, recommendations on
detection and investigation of such crimes, as well as reference to
organizations and agencies that provide assistance to trafficking
victims. IOM disseminates the materials (plastic cards, posters,
notepads, coffee cups, T-shirts, etc. to the participants in
INL-funded training for law enforcement officers and judges.
13. The police divisions in charge of counter-trafficking in
Kazakhstan are lacking specialized materials which would contain
information about the methods of detection and investigation of
trafficking in persons crimes. There is also a need for guidelines
focused on the current counter-trafficking legislation and
trafficking situation specific to the various regions of the
country. To address this need INL funded the development and
distribution of guidelines. Within this grant IOM has printed 1,000
brochures containing the necessary information and is disseminating
them to counter-trafficking police divisions, police academies and
law schools.
--------------
ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CENTER
--------------
14. In July 2005, at the request of the GOK, INL assisted in the
establishment of a Center for Training Specialists on Combating
Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons (Anti-TIP Center) at
the Karaganda Legal Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
(ref B)
15. Renovation of two auditoriums and two offices for the Anti-TIP
Center are underway. INL anticipates completion of refurbishments
by the end of October 2006, in time for the beginning of the next
class of 30 practicing migration policemen. Upon completion of
renovation INL will provide new equipment and furniture.
16. The Anti-TIP Center is a joint U.S.-GOK project. The GOK is
constructing a five-story dormitory for students studying at the
Center. Completion of the dorm is scheduled for the end of 2006.
INL will provide equipment and furniture for the dorm where students
will live when attending courses at the Center. MVD is hopeful that
the Center will receive international status in the future. In that
case, the Center will provide an opportunity for officers from
Central Asian countries to improve their professional skills, as
well as improve cooperation between the countries in combating human
trafficking.
--------------
LETTER OF AGREEMENT
--------------
17. On August 28 Ambassador Ordway and MVD Minister Baurzhan
Mukhamedzhanov signed the Amended Letter of Agreement (#3) which
obligated FY 2005/2006 INL funds totaling $680,000. The funds will
be used to continue programs in counter-narcotics, border security,
anti-TIP, and AML. Additionally, on September 28 DCM Milas and
Minister Mukhamedzhanov signed an amendment to the FY 2003/2004 ALOA
(#4) Face Sheet providing an additional $65,000 for CN and border
security programs.
MILAS