Main Directorate for Drugs Control
Main Directorate for Drugs Control Главное управление по контролю за оборотом наркотиков | |
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Russian Federation Russian foreign drug-related investigations | |
Governing body | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
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Overseen by | Government of Russia |
Headquarters | 19 Azovskaya, Moscow, Russia |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
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Website | |
mvd.ru/gunk |
The Main Directorate for Drugs Control
Drugs Control is tasked with combating
Drugs Control was established by presidential decree on 4 April 2016 when the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[1] Kirill Smurov has been Acting Director of Drugs Control since 16 July 2021. Drugs Control is headquartered at Azovskaya 19 in Moscow.
History
There were no specialized departments or police departments to combat drug trafficking on the territory of the
On 7 July 1973, an independent Department for Combating Drug Addiction of the Criminal Investigation Department of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs (Отдел по борьбе с наркоманией Управления уголовного розыска МВД СССР) was created. In 1989, the Drug Enforcement Department was reorganized into the 3rd Directorate for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking and Crimes Associated with Foreign Citizens of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. Two of the three divisions of the 3rd Directorate specialized in drug trafficking.
On 1990, at the expense of the staffing of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Directorate for Combating the Spread of Drug Addiction of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs was created. In its structure, in addition to the two central ones, seven more interregional departments for combating drug trafficking are formed, subordinate directly to the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. After repeated renaming and organizational changes in the system and structure of the Ministry, by order of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs dated 28 November 1991, this special militsiya unit was removed from the jurisdiction of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. Instead of the previous Directorate, the Bureau for the Control of Illicit Drug Trafficking of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs was formed, which became an independent branch service of the criminal police.
In early 1992, the Bureau for the Control of Illegal Drug Trafficking of the Ministry of Internal Affairs merged with the First Department of the Directorate for Combating Drug Addiction and Crimes against Foreign Citizens of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which dealt with the drug problem within Russia. On the basis of these two organizational structures, the Directorate for Illegal Drug Trafficking of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (UNON) is being formed. Over the years of its existence, UNON was the main body that counteracted the spread of drugs in Russia and the criminal prosecution of persons who sell drugs and involve new victims in drug addiction – in other words, the drug mafia. UNON performed many successful operations, with thousands of drug dealers being arrested and prosecuted. UNON existed for 12 years and during this period there was significant change in both the fight against drug trafficking and in Russian realities.
By the fall of 2002, the need for reforms of UNON was ripe with calls for a new structure, with broader powers, capable of more effectively countering the increase in the drug threat, including in the information sphere. In November 2002, the State Committee for Counteracting Illegal Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Gosnarkontrol) was established under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But six months later, it became clear that the importance of the problem required the creation of an independent department. By the decree of the
On 5 April 2016, the President Putin signed Decree No. 156 abolishing the Federal Drug Control Service and transferring its functions to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Since April 2016, the functions of the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia have been performed by the Main Directorate for Drug Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. On 13 April 2016, Lieutenant General of Police Andrei Ivanovich Khrapov was appointed Chief of the Main Directorate.
Directors
Director | Years | President | Notes |
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Alexander Sergeyev | September 1992 – September 2002 | Yeltsin, Putin | Director of the Directorate of the Drugs Law Enforcement (UNON) |
See here | 2003 – 2016 | Putin, Medvedev | Director of the Federal Drug Control Service |
Andrei Khrapov | 5 April 2016 – 16 July 2021 | Putin | First Director of the Main Directorate for Drugs Control (GUKON) |
Kirill Smurov | 16 July 2021 – 31 January 2022 | Putin | Acting director |
Ivan Gorbunov | 31 January 2022 - | Putin | Director of the Main Directorate for Drugs Control (GUKON) |
See also
- Main Directorate for Migration Affairs
- Police of Russia
- Militsiya
Notes
References
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 04.04.2016 г. № 156, "О совершенствовании государственного управления в сфере контроля за оборотом наркотических средств, психотропных веществ и их прекурсоров и в сфере миграции"". kremlin.ru (in Russian). Президент РФ. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2020.