Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Mинистарство Унутрашњих Послова Ministarstvo Unutrašnjih Poslova
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Agency overview
Formed	2001
Jurisdiction	Government of Serbia
Headquarters	Belgrade
Minister responsible	Nebojša Stefanović, Minister of Internal Affairs
Agency executive	Vanja Vukić, State Secretary for Internal Affairs
Website	www.mup.gov.rs

The Ministry of Internal Affairs ([Mинистарство Унутрашњих Послова / Ministarstvo Unutrašnjih Poslova] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), abbreviated MUP, is a cabinet-level ministry in the government of Serbia. The ministry is responsible for local and national law enforcement services with municipal and district branches throughout the country. Its core responsibilities include: crime prevention, criminal apprehension, investigations, customs and border control, counter-terrorism, anti-corruption, anti-narcotics and disaster relief. The ministry is also responsible for issuing passports and personal identification to citizens. The current minister of internal affairs is Nebojša Stefanović.

Organization

Minister of Internal Affairs

• Ministers cabinet:
  • Bureau for strategic planning
  • Bureau for international cooperation and European integration
  • Bureau for complaints and representations
  • Bureau for cooperation with the media
• Service of internal control
• Secretary of state
• Secretariat:
  • Department for normative-legal and general legal affairs
    • Department of normative-legal affairs
    • Department of general-legal affairs
  • Department of housing
• Directorate of police:
  • Crime investigation police department
  • Police department
  • Department for Security
  • Unit for protections
  • Traffic police department
  • Border police department
  • Department for administrative affairs
  • Operations center
  • Department for analytics
  • Department of information technology
  • Department of connection and cryptography
  • Coordination department for Kosovo and Metohija
  • Regional police departments
• Finance, human resources and Joint Affairs Sector:
  • Department of human resources
  • Department for joint affairs
  • Department for nutrition & accommodations
  • Department for professional education training, development and science
• Internal police control sector
• Sector for search and rescue

Special police units

• Žandarmerija (Gendarmerie)
• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
• Counter-Terrorist Unit
• Helicopter unit

SBPOK

The Counter-Organized Crime Service (SBPOK), was a stable structure out of the police service (Public Security Sector) that reported directly to minister, as the only operational police unit reporting directly at the political level. The intention was to recruit some of the best and most experienced Serbian investigators to SBPOK. They are regarded as the best anti-organized crime unit in eastern and southern Europe.

Gallery

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  Mitsubishi RVR highway patrol
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  Belgrade 92 Rapid Response
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  Volkswagen Golf Border Police

External links

• Ministry of Internal Affairs, Official website Template:Sr icon