Division 3.2.2 Description

The MIA is one of the key national authorities in Ukraine that not only regulates and controls the licit use of the WAE, but executes operational and coordinative measures in preventing and combatting illicit trafficking in WAE either directly or through its subordinated agencies.

The project addresses verified capabilities gaps within the MIA to effectively prevent and combat illicit trafficking in WAE by supporting improvement of the MIA’s: (a) supervisory capacities in controls of the legal manufacture, marking and record-keeping of WAE; (b) operational capacities in forensics, analysing, detecting and investigating the illicit trafficking in WAE; (c) legislative mechanisms for regulating and controlling the legal circulation and use of WAE as well as raised awareness on illegal possession, misuse and trafficking in WAE; and (d) coordinative and cooperative mechanisms to support joint strategic and operational approaches in prevention and combatting illicit trafficking in WAE with the other relevant national agencies.