Law enforcement in

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

is the responsibility of a variety of agencies such as the

Militsiya ''Militsiya'' ( rus, милиция, , mʲɪˈlʲitsɨjə) was the name of the police forces in the Soviet Union (until 1991) and in several Eastern Bloc countries (1945–1992), as well as in the non-aligned SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992). The ...

, as well as other agencies such as the

Presidential Guard Presidential Guard may refer to: *President Guard Regiment (Bangladesh) * Presidential Guard Regiment (Turkey) *Presidential Guard (Greece) * Presidential Guard (Belarus) * Presidential Guard (South Vietnam) *President's Own Guard Regiment (Ghana ...

and the State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus, all under the authority of the country's

Ministry of Internal Affairs An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

List of agencies

(Міліцыя) is the police service of Belarus, under the supervision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which considered as the main policing and law enforcement agency in Belarus. *

Internal Troops The Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (MVD) (russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел, Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del; abbreviat ...

(Унутраныя войскі) is a uniformed

paramilitary A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carr ...

gendarmerie Wrong info! --> A gendarmerie () is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term ''gendarme'' () is derived from the medieval French expression ', which translates to " men-at-arms" (literally, ...

force.https://www.mvd.gov.by/m/ru/page/vnutrennie-vojska **6th Independent Special Police Brigade of the Internal Troops *

OMON OMON (russian: ОМОН – Отряд Мобильный Особого Назначения , translit = Otryad Mobil'nyy Osobogo Naznacheniya , translation = Special Purpose Mobile Unit, , previously ru , Отряд Милиции Осо� ...

(АМАП) is a system of

special police Special police usually describes a police force or unit within a police force whose duties and responsibilities are significantly different from other forces in the same country or from other police in the same force, although there is no consiste ...

units in the Militsiya (distinct from the Russian

) * *Secret police organizations **

** State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus (KDB in Belarusian, KGB in Russian) * State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus *

Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus The Investigative Committee of Belarus ( be, Следчы камітэт Рэспублікі Беларусь; ) is a preliminary inquiry body that reports to the President of Belarus. International sanctions In August 2020, the chairman of the I ...

* Prosecutor General of Belarus * Byelorussian Auxiliary Police (Defunct)

Cooperation with international agencies

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has cooperated with several international law enforcement organisations including

Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cr ...

and the

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: ''Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime'') is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the ...

. Examples also include the

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, pro ...

which, under the auspices of many projects and programmes, has helped develop Belarusian law enforcement capabilities.

Prisons

* Amerikanka * Pishchalauski Castle

References

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