Law enforcement in Belarus 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.

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 (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 (АМАП) is a system of special police units in the Militsiya (distinct from the Russian OMON) * *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 and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Examples also include the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe which, under the auspices of many projects and programmes, has helped develop Belarusian law enforcement capabilities.

Prisons

* Amerikanka *

Pishchalauski Castle The Minsk Detention Center No. 1 or SIZO No. 1 (russian: СИЗО №1, Belarusian language, Belarusian: СІЗА №1), informally known as Volodarka, Belarusian pronunciation: Valadarka (Валадарка), is the central prison of the Repub ...

References

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