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| Border Police of the Republic of Moldova Poliția de Frontieră | |
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 The logo of the Moldovan Border Police | |
 Coat of Arms of the Moldovan Border Police | |
 The flag of the Moldovan Border Police | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | June 10, 1992 |
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| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Moldova |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Chișinău |
| Elected officer responsible |
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| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova |
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| Anniversary |
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TheMoldovan Border Police, also commonly known as theMoldovan Frontier Police, is the official paramilitaryborder guard of theRepublic of Moldova. It is currently a department of theMinistry of Internal Affairs (MAI) and exercises its powers and policy in the accordance with the ministry. It was originally founded as theBorder Guard Troops, and later theBorder Guard Service of theArmed Forces of the Republic of Moldova.
It would remain a military branch until a 2012 government reform, putting it under the control of the MAI. TheDay of the Border Police is celebrated annually on 10 June.
Following the fall of theSoviet Union, the newly elected firstPresident of Moldova,Mircea Snegur founded the border police on September 3, 1991. The administration of the border troops was entrusted to the Ministry of National Security of Moldova under the subordination of the entire subunit of the formerSoviet Border Troops deployed on Moldovan territory. On January 11, 1992, Colonel Vasile Calmoi was appointed as the first commander of the border troops.
In accordance with a government decree which was signed on June 15, 1992, the Moldovan Border Troops became an official separate branch of the armed forces, with the law "On the State Border of the Republic of Moldova", coming into force by November 1994. Border guards day was first celebrated in Moldova on May 27, 1995, as the professional holiday of the Border Guard Troops of Moldova, before later being celebrated annually on June 10, which marks the day that President Snegur handed the flag of the border troops to promoted Brigader General Calmoi. In December 1999, the Moldovan Border Guard was reorganized into the Department of the Border Guard Troops of theRepublic of Moldova and was withdrawn from the Ministry of National Security a month and a half later.
On December 1, 2005, theEuropean Union Border Assistance Mission to theRepublic of Moldova andUkraine (EUBAM) was launched and on July 13, 2006, the EUBAM Territorial Office in Moldova and Ukraine was opened by the Border Guard Service. On January 10, 2007, the border service established theNational Border Police College inChișinău.
On July 1, 2012, the Prime MinisterVlad Filat signed a law, which would shift the border service from the armed forces to the internal affairs ministry.[1]
In the field of border management, the border police's main purpose is to fight against illegal migration and cross-border crime. In order to fulfill these tasks, the border police finds and examines the contraventions, undertakes the judicial expertise of the documents, performs special investigative measures. The border police performs these duties within the boundaries of the Moldovan borders withUkraine, andRomania.
The basic principles of which the border police follows include: legality, impartiality, respect for human rights, transparency, personal responsibility, and professionalism. The MAI exercises control and coordinates the activity of the border police as well as elaborates and promotes the state policy of the service. It has signed many agreements with theRomanian Border Police and theState Border Guard Service of Ukraine for joint cooperation in the policing of their borders as well as theTransnistrian-Moldovan border.
The official structure of the Moldovan Border Police[2]