Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics Narco-Control Наркополиция | |
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Abbreviation | FSKN |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 11 March 2003 |
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Dissolved | 31 May 2016 (Under a Presidential decree from 5 April 2016) |
Superseding agency | Main Directorate for Drugs Control |
Employees | ~40,000[1] |
Annual budget | ₽24,737,452 RUB (2011) (US$810,794)[2] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | RUS |
Operations jurisdiction | RUS |
Legal jurisdiction | Russian Federation Russian foreign drug-related investigations |
Primary governing body | Presidential Administration of Russia |
Secondary governing body | State Anti-Narcotics Committee |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executives |
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Parent agency | Presidential Administration of Russia |
Child agency |
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Notables | |
Anniversary |
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Website | |
http://www.fskn.gov.ru/ |
The Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation or FSKN (in Russian: Федеральная служба Российской Федерации по контролю за оборотом наркотиков, ФСКН России) was a federal law enforcement agency of executive authority authorized to combat illicit drug trafficking. It was responsible for drafting state policy, legal regulation, control and monitoring in combating the trafficking of drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors. It was commonly known as The Drugs Police (Наркополиция).
The FSKN shared concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Security Service of Russia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The FSKN had sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing Russian drug investigations abroad, especially in Central Asia.
On 5 April 2016, the Federal Drug Control Service was dissolved, and its functions and authorities were transferred to Main Drugs Control Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3]