Forming of Bureau for combating drug crime triggered in Ukraine
On Friday,
October 30, there has been launched a competitive selection of applicants to
the Bureau for combating drug crime. In late January of 2016 first employees of
the Bureau will commence work.
According
to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the creation of an entirely new
structure - an Office for combating drug crime, is
another step in the process of shaping the National Police structure.
The main
function of the Bureau is the fight against drug trafficking at all levels,
collecting and processing information for criminal prosecution of persons
accused of drug-related crimes.
The changes
in the structure enable to minimize corruption risk for the BCDC employees to
use their position to bribe: the agents will work in mobile groups of 10-15
people not being tied to a particular administrative-territorial unit.
The
Interior Ministry officials emphasize that all candidates who successfully pass
the selection process will study a 200-hour training course. The program
provides the intensive course on tactics and psychology, as well as master
classes by foreign professionals, including agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA).