{"id":171099,"date":"2026-01-09T22:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171099\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"officials-discussing-paramilitary-role-for-financial-investigations-department","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171099\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials discussing paramilitary role for Financial Investigations Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January<\/strong><strong> 9, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian officials propose giving financial police powers to fight extremism and terrorism, according to Hienad\u017a Lapie\u0161ka, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in Belarus have interpreted any dissent or criticism of the government as extremism after the 2020 disputed presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrej Maciu\u0161enka, chief legal officer with the State Control Committee, suggested at a meeting with lawmakers on January 9 that the agency\u2019s Financial Investigations Department should be given paramilitary status and be part of the national security system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion came days after the Belarusian leader submitted a bill to the House of Representatives to expand the State Control Committee\u2019s powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If adopted, the legislation would empower the department to suspend businesses for violations of laws on pricing and trade; block the state registration and shut down legal entities; freeze transactions in banks and non-bank financial institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/170560\/\">\u0141uka\u0161enka seeks to expand State Control Committee\u2019s powers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 9, Pozirk. Belarusian officials propose giving financial police powers to fight extremism and terrorism, according to Hienad\u017a Lapie\u0161ka, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security. Authorities in Belarus have interpreted any dissent or criticism of the government as extremism after the 2020 disputed presidential election. Andrej Maciu\u0161enka, chief legal officer with the State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":85682,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-171099","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Officials discussing paramilitary role for Financial Investigations Department | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 9, Pozirk. 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