Statistics regarding Romanian Border Police activity in the last 24 hours

In the last 24 hours, in the competence areas - meaning border crossing points and "green border" - Border Police officers detected:

• 53 illegal deeds (14 crimes and 39 penalties) committed by Romanian and foreign citizens;
• the amount of penalties reaches approximately 8,500 lei;
• undeclared goods (which were to be smuggled into the country), which exceeded the customs’ legal provisions or were suspected as being counterfeit with a total value of 510,000 lei, were detected;
• the flow of passengers and means of transportation at the border crossing points was about 127,000 people, both at the entry and at the exit and over 30,600 means of transportation.
  7 foreign citizens were refused entry due to the fact that they did not meet the entry requirements and 39 Romanian citizens were not allowed to exit Romania out of various legal grounds.

International mission on Black Sea

Romanian Border Police officers participated in an international search and rescue drill on the Black Sea, in the territorial waters of Republic of Turkey.

During the period 05-08.09.2011, a Romanian Border Police delegation participated, with Stefan cel Mare Border Police maritime surveillance O.P.V. (Offshore Patrol Vessel) vessel, in Sea Search and Rescue Drill, activity carried out in the territorial waters of Republic of Turkey.

The activity was carried out in accordance to the provisions of Romanian (General Inspectorate of Border Police) - Turkish (Coast Guard) Implementation Plan for the year 2011 having as objective on one hand the good practice exchange in the maritime field and on the other hand the development of interoperability between Romanian Border Police and Turkish Coast Guard, as a support for the coordination of operational units and for taking the effective measures for countering illegal activities in the responsibility area, and also for searching and rescuing on the sea.

In the joint drill, was involved the vessel belonging to Romanian Border Police and also vessels belonging to the Turkish Coast Guard.

During the drill, the vessel belonging to Romanian Border Police had to intercept and question a suspicious vessel, involved in illegal activities and acted in order to inspect this suspicious vessel with the help of collision and control group.

Also, using the communication systems, the MAI 1105 vessel had the role to inform on the carried out activities and also to fulfill the existing tasks for search and rescue on the sea.

The participation in this activity was a new opportunity for strengthening the bilateral relations with Turkish authorities, in the field of Border Police.