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Crime rate in Vojvodina drops
Novi Sad,
19 November 2012
Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said that the security situation in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is stable and that there are no serious threats to citizens or constitutional order.
From left: Ivica Dacic, Vojvodina Assembly Speaker Istvan Pastor and Nikola Selakovic
Author:
Tanjug
Speaking at the inaugural session of the Provincial Security Council which was held in the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Dacic presented security data and results of the work of the Ministry of the Interior in the province.
The Prime Minister pointed out that the overall crime rate in Vojvodina fell by 6% compared to last year, noting that it accounts for 30% of total recorded crime in the whole of Serbia.
Dacic added that a stable state of law and order has been maintained, which also applies to both inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations.
The Prime Minister also announced an increased border control, reminding those present that Serbia is not only a country from which asylum seekers go to Western Europe, but also a country which itself has a problem with asylum seekers who come mainly from Greece, of whom there are more than 5,000.
He reiterated that the issue of asylum seekers must be solved in order to preserve the system of visa liberalisation for the country, given the fact that its abolition would be politically very damaging for Serbia.
When it comes to the fight against organised crime and corruption, Dacic said that 383 crimes have been recorded, mostly abuse of power that account for 19% of the total number of corruption cases recorded in entire Serbia.
When it comes to the fight against organised crime and drug trafficking, a decline in seizures of heroin in Vojvodina and entire Serbia has been recorded, and the reason for that is that the traditional "Balkan Route" that runs through Serbia has obtained new paths.
The Prime Minister confirmed that within the next few days, a job opening will be announced for a new police director, after which all other appointments will be considered, including those of heads of departments in the Ministry of the Interior and heads of regional police administrations.
Dacic underlined that the changes in the police force should be viewed only as a normal process because the term in office of a police director is five years, and the current police director Milorad Veljovic has been in office since 2005.
He said that after the election of a new police director, the appointment of the Chief of the Police Administration of Novi Sad will also be made, who has not been appointed so far because different structures of the state authorities had different views on that appointment.
Minister of Justice and Public Administration Nikola Selakovic recalled that the ministry has started the procedures for amending systemic laws and the criminal legislation in order to improve security situation in the whole of Serbia.
Selakovic specified that these amendments refer to provisions on the criminal acts of human trafficking, illegal migration, abuse of office etc.
The Minister also announced that the network of courts in Vojvodina will be expanded soon and that courts will be opened in some towns and cities which did not get them in the previous change of the courts network.
The objective of setting additional courts is rationalisation and a more efficient operation of courts, Selakovic pointed out.
The Prime Minister pointed out that the overall crime rate in Vojvodina fell by 6% compared to last year, noting that it accounts for 30% of total recorded crime in the whole of Serbia.
Dacic added that a stable state of law and order has been maintained, which also applies to both inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations.
The Prime Minister also announced an increased border control, reminding those present that Serbia is not only a country from which asylum seekers go to Western Europe, but also a country which itself has a problem with asylum seekers who come mainly from Greece, of whom there are more than 5,000.
He reiterated that the issue of asylum seekers must be solved in order to preserve the system of visa liberalisation for the country, given the fact that its abolition would be politically very damaging for Serbia.
When it comes to the fight against organised crime and corruption, Dacic said that 383 crimes have been recorded, mostly abuse of power that account for 19% of the total number of corruption cases recorded in entire Serbia.
When it comes to the fight against organised crime and drug trafficking, a decline in seizures of heroin in Vojvodina and entire Serbia has been recorded, and the reason for that is that the traditional "Balkan Route" that runs through Serbia has obtained new paths.
The Prime Minister confirmed that within the next few days, a job opening will be announced for a new police director, after which all other appointments will be considered, including those of heads of departments in the Ministry of the Interior and heads of regional police administrations.
Dacic underlined that the changes in the police force should be viewed only as a normal process because the term in office of a police director is five years, and the current police director Milorad Veljovic has been in office since 2005.
He said that after the election of a new police director, the appointment of the Chief of the Police Administration of Novi Sad will also be made, who has not been appointed so far because different structures of the state authorities had different views on that appointment.
Minister of Justice and Public Administration Nikola Selakovic recalled that the ministry has started the procedures for amending systemic laws and the criminal legislation in order to improve security situation in the whole of Serbia.
Selakovic specified that these amendments refer to provisions on the criminal acts of human trafficking, illegal migration, abuse of office etc.
The Minister also announced that the network of courts in Vojvodina will be expanded soon and that courts will be opened in some towns and cities which did not get them in the previous change of the courts network.
The objective of setting additional courts is rationalisation and a more efficient operation of courts, Selakovic pointed out.
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