Government began to restore order at customs

On Monday, Volodymyr Goysman has signed a resolution on the establishment of 20 mobile groups to prevent and detect violations at the customs. The structure of the mobile groups will include representatives of the State Fiscal Service, the State Border Guard Service and the National Police. The coordination of their work is assigned to the Inter-ministerial task center, which will work under the SFS. Mobile groups will get an easy access to all customs control areas and transport border crossing points, including airports and ports. In addition, all the work of these groups will be completely video and photo recorded in order to avoid abuse.

The resolution stipulates logistical support of the Inter-ministerial task center and mobile units, which will ensure proper efficiency of the groups and reduce the risk of corrupt influences. The activity of the groups will be financed through the reallocation of the budgetary funds for maintenance of the State Fiscal Service.

By a separate resolution, also signed on Monday, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the procedure for photo and video fixation of customs formalities carried out by supervisory authorities. Mandatory video recording is one more way to prevent smuggling and abuse by controlling bodies at the customs.