9th Meeting of the Thematic Working Group on Exchange of Information regarding Forged and Fake Travel Documents within PCC SEE
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - The 9th Meeting of the Thematic Working Group on Exchange of Information regarding Forged and Fake Travel Documents within PCC SEE, organised under the auspices of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairmanship in Office with support from the PCC SEE Secretariat, took place in Sarajevo on 15 and 16 October 2019. Experts with operational experience as well as a background in forensics from the 12 PCC SEE Contracting Parties exchanged presentations on new forms and trends in document forgery, focusing more specifically on document fraud connected to the phenomena of irregular migration flows, relevant forensic approaches, discussed common challenges encountered in their daily work and continued with the good practice of exchanging national specimens. Representatives from FRONTEX, IOM and OSCE contributed to the meeting with relevant presentations and ongoing efforts in the important area of combatting document forgery.