Working paper explores common societal security culture in the Baltic Sea Region

This paper was commissioned by PA Secure, and authored by Professor Jerzy Wolanin from Main School of Fire Service, Warsaw, with contributions and editing provided by the PA Secure Team at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat. The paper presents a comprehensive set of recommendations regarding the implementation of a common societal security…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 29, 20170Comments

Law enforcement

JATOC final report

Results of the JATOC Project (funded by CBSS Project Support Facility) were presented by the Latvian State Police, during the Operational and Planning meeting of the Baltic Sea Task Force on Organized Crime (BSTF) on 19 Sept 2017 in Sigulda, Latvia. Project products – procedure to initiate a joint operation and to define its aim,…

Byadmin_bsrSeptember 20, 20170Comments

Law enforcement

German-Estonian border control cooperation: an internship story

At the beginning of last June, two German Federal police officers Jasmin Bezler and Sergei Bachmann had a chance to test their knowledge and know-how about border control at the external border of the European Union. Jasmin was sent to South Prefecture and Sergei to East Prefecture for an internship. Just to give the idea…

Byadmin_bsrJuly 20, 20170Comments

Law enforcement

CBSS and ENPRO explored cooperation opportunities

PA Secure team of the CBSS Secretariat and the Network of Prosecutors on Environmental Crime in the Baltic Sea Region (ENPRO), represented by the network’s President, Dr. Ewald Brandt, agreed on further steps to increase cooperation in 2017. Improving visibility and inclusiveness of the ENPRO activities were among the potential cooperation areas, discussed in the…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 9, 20160Comments

Law enforcement

BSTF chairmanship goes to Latvia

CBSS Secretariat delegation participated in the annual strategic meeting of the Baltic Sea Task Force on organized crime (BSTF) in Moscow. The participants discussed existing security threats and challenges in the Baltic Sea Region, potential cross-border operations for police and customs as well as elaborated on creation of roadmaps in battling organized crime in the region. Deputy…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 25, 20160Comments

Flagship Projects Law enforcement

What is TRACE?

TRACE (Trafficking as a Criminal Enterprise) was a project terminated in October 2015 that aimed to support stakeholders in combating trafficking in human beings by assessing and consolidating information surrounding the perpetrators and the wider trafficking enterprise in order to make policy recommendations for disrupting this activity. TRACE adopted a multi-disciplinary approach: legal, criminological, socio-economical,…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 16, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects Law enforcement

What is Turnstone?

Turnstone, a project carried out with the support of PSF, aims to enhance law enforcement authorities cooperation between border agencies (Police, Border Police, Border Guard and Coast Guard organisations in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Poland) in the northern BSR corresponding to the need for border agencies to initiate compensatory measures and new models…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 16, 20130Comments