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Border Guard, '''Border Patrol''', '''Border police''', or '''Frontier police''' is a State Security agency that performs Border Control , i.e., enforces the security of national borders. In various states these forces have different official names, subordination and jurisdiction.


TASKS

Typical tasks of a Border Guard are:

  • The control and guarding of State border;

  • Border control of border crossing persons, vehicles, and travel documents;

  • Preventing illegal border crossing for persons, vehicles, cargoes and other goods;

  • Control of transportation of prohibited and limited items (e.g. weapons, ammunition, toxic substances) over the state border;

  • Supervision and control of the observation of foreigner residence regulations, visa regime;

  • Preventing of movement of goods and other articles over state border bypassing the Customs control;

  • Investigation of cases related to the offences against the State border and regime.


The Border Guard may also perform delegated Customs control duties.


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