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TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE KOM Department Necatibey Cad. No:108, 06570 Kızılay/ANKARA Tel: 0312 462 72 05 Fax: 0312 417 06 21 http://www.kom.pol.tr KOM Publications Publication No: 133 Edition: March 2019 Ankara Type of Publication: Periodical Ministry Publication No: 805 EGM Catalogue No: 690 ISBN: 978-605-149-973-7 Printed By Aydoğdu Ofset Tel: 0312 395 81 44 Fax: 0312 395 81 45 www.aydogduofset.com Report’s recommended reference form: KOM Department Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime 2017 Report KOM Publications: Ankara. All publication rights belong to the KOM Department. It may not be copied without permission. Those who love their country most are the ones that do their job best. KOM 2017 Report III Contents IV KOM 2017 Report Contents // CHAPTER 1 Operational Activities Page 1 Fight against Financial Crimes Page 25 Fight Against Smuggling Crimes Page 51 Fight Against Organized Crimes Page 59 Fighting Crime Revenues Page 63 Fight Against National Security Crimes CHAPTER 2 Training-International and Other Activities Page 69 TADOC Activities Page 81 International Activities Page 89 Strategic Research and Evaluation Activities KOM 2017 Report V // Abbrevations ABBREVATIONS EU : European Union USA : United States of America OSCE : Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe CE : Council of Europe AÖF : Open Education Faculty BİDEM : Computer Aided Education Center UN : United Nations CEPOL : European Police College CITES : Agreement on International Trade of Endangered Wild Animals and Plant Species CMK : Code of Criminal Procedure CNT : NATO-UNODC Drug Fighting Project COPAK : UNODC Pakistan Country Office DEA : United States Drug Control Unit DOE : US Department of Energy ECO : Economic Cooperation Organization EMCDDA : European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EPDK : Energy Market Regulatory Authority FBI : US Federal Bureau of Investigation FETO : Fethullahist Terrorist Organization FRONTEX : European Union Border Security Unit GTİP : Customs Tariff Statistics Position İNTERPOL : International Police Organization İDEM : Intranet Supported Training KAPAN : KOM Analysis Project VAT : Value Added Tax KOM : Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime KOMNET : KOM Intranet Page KOVAN : KOM Data Analysis Project LPG : Liquefied Petrol Gas MASAK : Financial Crimes Investigation Board MEB : Ministry of National Education MTSKS : Motor Vehicle Driver Trainees Exam MYSK : Law Enforcement Officer Responsible for Informant Correspondence NATO : North Atlantic Treaty Organization VI KOM 2017 Report Abbrevations // NATO-NRC : NATO-Russia Council NCA : UK National Crime Agency ÖSYM : Student Assessment, Selection and Placement Center ÖTV : Special Consumer Tax POLNET : Police Intranet POS : Point of Sale Terminal SBIS : Counterfeit Banknote Monitoring System SELEC : Southeastern Europe Law Enforcement Center SOCA : UK Serious Organized Crime Agency SÖCAK : UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Commission TADOC : Turkey Academy against Drugs and Organized Crime TAIEX : European Union Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Office TAPDK : Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority TCK : Turkish Penal Code TCMB : Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey TİKA : Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency TÜBİTAK : The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey UAEA : International Atomic Energy Agency UNODC : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UTKP : National Tobacco Control Program KOM 2017 Report VII INTRODUCTION The establishment and protection of social justice and security are among the basic duties of the state. The Ministry of Interior, through its security forces, takes all kinds of measures regarding the safety of life and property of our citizens within the framework of the laws and legal rules. While implementing such measures, a great importance is given to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of our citizens. Turkey, due to its geopolitical position, has been struggling with multidimensional and variable security issues. In this context, our country has been struggling with the destructive and separatist terrorist organizations that damage national unity and integrity, peace and trust environment, economic and social development for more than a quarter of a century. Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) Department puts up an effective and strong fight against a wide range of crimes that includes crimes against national security, arms and ammunition smuggling crimes, mafia type organized crimes, usury, all kinds of customs smuggling crimes, corruption, terrorism financing and crime revenues. While performing those, it uses policing techniques within the boundaries of law. They act with an understanding with determination and consistency against those who make perpetration a profession in order to gain financial gain and power, who are ready to try all kinds of ways to provide unfair advantage and organize crime syndicates to that end. Within this scope, all kinds of illegal structures that corrode the social structure have been discouraged; many of the activities aimed at disturbing public order have been prevented by VIII KOM 2017 Report Introduction // successful operations. In the planned operations carried out against the crime organizations, the people and structures that disrupt the social peace have become ineffective and the confidence of our citizens in the government has been reinforced. In our country, a great progress has been made thanks to the role and work of KOM Department in the fight against the terrorist organization FETO, which tries to destroy the environment of peace and security and to poses a serious danger. The terrorist organization FETO has lost a great deal of its power due to our determined stance. However, the struggle against the terrorist organization FETO must continue without hesitation since it is seen that they continue to work to keep the organization alive and to continue their activities. In this context, organizational structure should be deciphered in all aspects, human and financial resources of the organization should be identified and prevented and operational efforts should be continued with determination to prevent restructuring. As result of the devoted and diligent work of its staff, KOM Department increases its reputation day by day thanks to its outstanding achievements in combating organized crime in our country. The fact that some organized crime organizations are related to terrorist organizations and that organized crime is among the most important financial resources of terrorist organizations increases the importance of such struggle. Moreover, it will continue to fight intensively and uninterruptedly to prevent all kinds of smuggling activities that provide finance to terrorist organizations such as cigarettes, fuel oil and commodity smuggling. As in the rest of the world, our struggle against the corruption and economic crimes that cause a negative impact on the bureaucracy and the economic system in our country, which leads to damage to competition, decrease productivity and cause misuse of resources, adversely affects every part of the society, continues with great determination. Thanks to the efforts carried out, substantial material damage to our country has been prevented. However, the importance of bilateral and multilateral international cooperation in the fight against transnational crime is well known. The experience gained by our country in this field is shared with other countries in every possible platform and it takes place in internationally organized activities. Furthermore, studies on “2016-2021 National Strategy Document and Action Plan for Combating Organized Crimes” which is implemented in the field of fight against organized crime and coordinated by our Ministry, continue. I would like to congratulate all the KOM personnel who have contributed to the struggle against the organizations that are engaged in terrorism, organized crime and all kinds of smuggling activities, and wish them continued success. Süleyman SOYLU Minister of Interior KOM 2017 Report IX // Köpek Eğitim Merkezi PREFACE The Department of Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM), which fulfils its powers and duties given in 81 provinces with its approximately 6,200 personnel in full compliance with the principles of human rights within the framework of law and justice, is in an effort to perform its tasks more effective by planning, coordinating, observing, following and inspecting the service it renders. With an institutional perspective, KOM Department combats smuggling, financial, organized crimes that play an important role in ensuring the security – a fundamental and indispensable need for humankind – and all kinds of structures that threaten national security. Crime organizations; ignoring the peace and security of the people, it deeply undermines the social and economic interests of the society, shakes up the principles of social justice and the basic principles of law. It is of course our primary duty to ask the account of this large cost that the crime organizations have imposed on the society within the framework of the laws. In addition, the fight against the FETO terrorist organization and mafia type organized crime organizations, which are aiming to set a barrier between the state and nation and try to establish dominance on the citizens by trying to establish their own authority, continues with determination. It is known that FETO terror organization attaches great importance to confidentiality by encouraging members