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Thursday, 15 October 2015
42nd Sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee
At the sitting held on 15 October, the members of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee discussed the Ministry of Interior Activity Information for the period July-September 2015.
Minister of Interior Dr Nebojsa Stefanovic said that in the period between July and September there were 1,638 reports of domestic violence, which is 60% more than in the same period last year, saying he was sure that was the result of the growing trust in the police and the fact that the citizens more often decide to report domestic violence and that this problem is discussed more. He also said that in July the Criminal Police Administration set up a Domestic Violence Prevention and Suppression Unit. Minister Stefanovic said that from July to September the police had seized about 600 kg of drugs of different kinds, as well as 8,671 synthetic drug items. He also said that it the three months the police had achieved significant results in the detection of excisable goods abuse leading to the seizure of 30,497 cases of cigarettes. Minister of Interior Dr Nebojsa Stefanovic also said that in the three-month period 140 criminal charges had been filed against police officers under suspicion of various criminal offenses, adding that 466 disciplinary procedures had been launched against police officials in said period, which is 59 less than last year.
In the ensuing debate the Committee members asked the Minister questions about some of the segments of the presented Activity Information and other topics closely connected with the work of the Ministry of Interior. In the course of the several-hour-long discussion Minister Stefanovic answered all the Committee members’ questions.
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The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairperson Marija Obradovic.