6th International Scientific Conference “Crime Scene”, organized by the Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police together with Gdańsk International Trade Fairs, under the honorary patronage of the Police Commander in Chief Inspector General of the Police Jarosław Szymczyk PhD, took place in Warsaw on 9—10 May 2019.

On 14—16 May 2019 the 30th International Interpol DVI Conference devoted to the latest techniques in identifying disaster victims took place in the Interpol Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore. The Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by capt. Magdalena Jabłońska PhD from the Biology Department of CFLP, who participated in the activities of the Interpol DVI forensic genetics working group.

On 7—9 May 2019 the 25th meeting of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) Drugs Working Group (DWG) took place in Larnaca, Cyprus. The Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by cpt. Małgorzata Galarda from the Chemistry Department.

On 11—12 April 2019 the ID @ Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2019 organized jointly by the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) and the Biometrics Institute took place in Vienna. The Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by lt. Maria Szumilas-Wiśniewska – an expert from the Document Examination and Audiovisual Techniques Department.

On 9th April 2019 the “Eurodac Operational Training – Entry Level”, organized by eu-LISA Agency, took place in Strasburg (France).

On 9—10 April 2019 the kick-off meeting of the face recognition focus group meeting within the Pruem New Generation framework took place in the Headquarters of the Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria in Vienna. The Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by Maria Szumilas-Wiśniewska – an expert from the Document Examination and Audiovisual Techniques Department.

On 25—27 March 2019 Ewa Siedlecka, from the Document Examination and Audiovisual Techniques Department, took part in the “High Security Printing” conference organized by RECONNAISSANCE association in St. Julian (Malta).

On 25—26 March 2019 the representatives of the Fingerprint Examination Department of CFLP, lt.col. Edyta Kot and Małgorzata Walecka, took part in the Biometrics Institute US Conference 2019 in Washington and in the meeting organized by the representatives of the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (US DHS).

The 15th scientific seminar “Kriminalistika v praktickych prikladoch” took place on 19th March 2019 in Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Trnava. The event was organized by the Institute of Forensic Science (IFS) of the Slovak Police, Slovak Forensic Society and Faculty of Materials Science and Technology of STU.

The training, with the participation of the representatives of law enforcement agencies and institutions established to fight cybercrime, took place in the headquarters of CEPOL in Budapest (Hungary) on 19—22 March 2019. Among over 40 participants were representatives of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Portugal and Italy. Poland was represented by the officers from the Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police and Central Investigation Bureau.