Trans-border criminality improves schemes of illegal activity all the time. In response to new challenges officers of law-enforcement agencies (including Customs) put into practice more and more efficient methods of operational investigations.

During all 23 years Сustoms service of Pridnestrovie has been continuously developing in accordance with global changes as well as with changes in Pridnestrovian society. Today officers of structural units of the State Customs Committee do all their best to assist economic operators of the Republic who nowadays work in hard conditions of hampered foreign trade.

The Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Yury Gervazyuk took part in a dialogue with EUBAM delegation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie. From the Pridnestrovian side the meeting was also attended by Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and Minister of Economic Development of the PMR Alevtina Slinchenko.

The State Customs Committee of Pridnestrovie has issued special information paper for travellers and guests of the Republic including for those who is expected to celebrate the 25 anniversary of the founding of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (on September, 2, 2015). Customs guide will help foreign visitors prepare for a trip and will explain principal customs requirements…

Operational officers of Dubossary Customs House broke up a steady channel used for smuggling ethyl alcohol from Moldova to Ukraine in transit through Pridnestrovie.

The officers of Bendery Customs House (from Department on Fighting against Customs Offences) detained a 30-year-old man carrying a bag with freshly gathered cannabis. The incident took place in close proximity to Pridnestrovian-Moldavian border.

Posters warning travellers and economic operators about criminal liability for giving bribes were placed on information boards at customs check points of Pridnestrovie as part of anti-corruption efforts.

We hereby inform you that a compulsory automobile insurance procedure is introduced for all foreign motor vehicles entering Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic from March 1, 2015. The State Customs Committee of Pridnestrovie is temporarily authorized to issue car insurance policies and collect insurance premiums at customs check points across the border of Pridnestrovie.

A second duty free shop was opened at customs check point “Dubossary Bridge” (Pridnestrovian -Moldavian border). It works in compliance with Customs regulations for duty free trade in Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and corresponds to international duty free system. The first one had been opened at Pervomaysk (Pridnestrovian -Ukrainian border) in 2014.