Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Mинистарство унутрашњих послова, romanized: Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova; abbr.

The Ministry is responsible for local and national Police services with municipal and district branches throughout the country.

Its core responsibilities include: crime prevention, criminal apprehension, investigations, customs and border control, counter-terrorism, anti-corruption, anti-narcotics and disaster relief.

The ministry is also responsible for issuing passports and personal identification to citizens.

As of August 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a total of 42,817 employees, of whom 28,266 are uniformed officers.