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.
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