Posted: 21.03.2023 13:29:00

Prosecutor General Shved announced positive and negative trends in ensuring law and order in Belarus

As a result of the measures taken in 2022, a stable socio-political situation, law and order, as well as protection of citizens from criminal encroachments are ensured – as the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, was reported by Prosecutor General Andrei Shved during a meeting on the activities of the security bloc

As the Prosecutor General noted, as a result of the measures taken last year, a stable socio-political situation, law and order, as well as protection of citizens from criminal encroachments were ensured. At the same time, the number of murders, serious bodily injuries decreased, and fewer people died from intentional and careless crimes.

According to Andrey Shved, after the meeting held last year with the President’s participation on the work of law enforcement agencies, there are certain advances in the fight against drug crime, “The number of such crimes has decreased, the number of deaths from drug use has dropped by half.”

The Prosecutor General added that efforts to combat cybercrime are gradually yielding results. There’re also other results of combating crime. At the same time, there are still many problematic issues in ensuring law and order, particularly, in countering extremism and terrorism.

“At present, the situation is characterised by the rapid radicalisation of the actions of extremists. The terrorist attacks in Machulishchi and Grodno once again showed that it is necessary to improve the activities of law enforcement agencies to prevent terrorism. This is primarily the movement of weapons, explosives and directly the terrorists themselves across the state border (including with Russia). This also includes timely identification of accomplices among the local so-called ‘zmagary’, as well as the protection of critical infrastructure,” Andrei Shved underlined.

He also added that it is proposed to the Council of Ministers with the participation of the Interior Ministry, the Defence Ministry and the State Security Committee (KGB) to develop uniform regulatory requirements for strengthening the protection of strategic facilities.