Ministry of the Interior

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The Bodies of the Internal Affairs present a total combination of the state specialized institutions which are subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine. They perform law-enforcement and law using functions to keep law and order in the state.

According to Ukrainian legislation the Bodies of the Internal Affairs occupy specific place among the law enforcing agencies. They fulfill the main amount of law enforcing work to maintain law and order: carry out various tasks to prevent, disclose, expose, remove offences and punish offenders. In performing their numerous duties the Bodies of Internal Affairs are structured in the following divisions:

- militia;

- departments on fighting organized crime (special forces: “Berkut”, “Sokol”);

- department on fighting drag trafficking;

- investigation departments;

- department on fighting economic crime;

- interior forces.

The Bodies of the Internal Affairs are gathered and work in a structure headed by the Ministry of the Interior. It is a state executive organ which supervises protection of personal rights and freedoms, preservation of law and order, ensuring public security. It also delimits main directions of the Bodies of the Internal Affairs activity.

The head of the Ministry of the Interior is the Minister of the Internal Affairs. He is proposed by the Prime Minister of Ukraine and appointed by Verhovna Rada.

All work of the Ministry of the Interior is based on the principal of equality of all people before the law, security of rights and freedoms of an individual which are inalienable and inviolable.

SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE

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Intelligence –розвідка

Counterintelligence - контррозвідка

In accordance with Ukrainian legislation the Security Service of Ukraine is a part of law-enforcement bodies. It composes a unified centralized system which includes:

- the central administration of the Security Service of Ukraine;

- regional organs subordinated to the central administration;

- Security Service of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea;

- organs of military counterintelligence, military forces;

- educational, research and other institutions of the Security Service of Ukraine.

This system is headed by the Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine. He is subordinated to the President of Ukraine.

To work effectively the Security Service of Ukraine must 1) perform functions fixed by law; 2) act in conformity with law; 3) secure rights and freedoms of an individual and a citizen.

Legislation in force sets up the tasks and authorities of the Security Service of Ukraine. They are to protect state sovereignty; constitutional order; territorial integrity; economic, technical, scientific and defense potential of Ukraine; lawful interests of the state; rights of the citizens from intelligence subversive activity of foreign secret services; to prevent interference of separate organizations, groups and persons. Additional tasks are prevention, disclosing and exposing crimes against peace and security of mankind, acts of terrorism, corruption and organized crime in economic sphere, and other unlawful actions that threaten vital interests of Ukraine.

Operational service activity of the Security Service of Ukraine is based on principals of sole management and collegiality, conspiracy and publicity, and divided into three main directions: 1) counter intelligence activity, 2) fighting crime, 3) intelligence activity.

Work of the Security Service of Ukraine is founded on legality, respect of rights and freedoms of an individual, responsibility before Ukrainian people and on the principle of not belonging to any political party.

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