THE SOUTHEAST FINLAND

BORDER GUARD DISTRICT

Vaalimaa

Hurppu

VainikkalaNuijamaa

Kolmikanta

Leino

Niskapietilä

Kangaskoski

PitkäpohjaUukuniemi

(Parikkala)

(Imatra)

(Santio)

Vaalimaa

VI/11

II/123

Pelkola

Lappeenrantaairport

Imatra BGA

LappeenrantaBGA

VirolahtiBGA

Immola• headquarters• logistics basePersonnel 1.1.2006:

Officers 95Border guards 570Others 87Total 752

Vehicles:Cars 65Motorbikes 15Snowmobiles 59Patrol boats 11

Dogs 95

Common border with Russia 227 km

THE SOUTHEAST FINLAND BORDER GUARD DISTRICTTHE SOUTHEAST FINLAND BORDER GUARD DISTRICT

Border guard stations 10

Border check station 1

Border crossing points 8

International

Restricted

Vyborg

Lake Ladoga

Gulf of Finland

BORDER SECURITY SYSTEM IN SOUTHEAST FINLAND

BORDER SECURITY SYSTEM IN SOUTHEAST FINLAND

4

CO-OPERATION WITHNATIONAL AUTHORITIES

1

CONSULATES• ST. PETERSBURG• MOSCOW• PETROZAVODSK

3

BORDER SURVEILLANCE

BORDER SURVEILLANCE

BORDER CHECKSBORDER CHECKS

2

CO-OPERATION OVER THE BORDERRUSSIAN BORDER GUARD SERVICE

• discovered fraudulent documents 88

• accomplished refused entries 635• executive assistances 23• assistances, searches 25

• refusals of entry 707• discovered fraudulent documents 128• discovered stolen vehicles 13

• apprehended ~80• meetings:

• border delegates/deputies 22• assistants of the border delegates 70

• exposed illegal border crossings 16

(figures/2005)

BORDER CHECKSBORDER CHECKS

Investment:v. 2004 392 man-years; 19,0 mill. €v. 2005 409 man-years; 19,5 mill. €

0

500 000

1 000 000

1 500 000

2 000 000

2 500 000

3 000 000

3 500 000

4 000 000

4 500 000

5 000 000

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Russians Others

+ 29 %+ 9 %

+ 2 % + 16 %+ 18 %

+ 22 %

3 266 625 3 356 4663 641 432

3 880 9124 260 247

4 474 7794 764 495 4 685 818

+ 2 %

4 694 657

+ 2 %

4 937 158

PASSENGER TRAFFIC 1996 - 2005PASSENGER TRAFFIC 1996 - 2005

STATISTICS 2002 – 2005STATISTICS 2002 – 2005

14 0 012 3 2

8 8 8

7 0 7

0

500

1000

1500

2002 2003 2004 2005

Refusals of entry

52

19 2112

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2002 2003 2004 2005

Asylum seekers

5

4

3

5

0

1

2

3

4

5

2002 2003 2004 2005

Trafficking human be ings

22 2219 14

0

5

10

15

20

25

2002 2003 2004 2005

Multipersons

231 256

470216

0

100

200

300

400

500

2002 2003 2004 2005

Fraudulent documents

58

41

2513

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2002 2003 2004 2005

Stolen ve hicles

508 536

297

379

0

200

400

600

2002 2003 2004 2005

Wanted persons (incl. SIS-hits)

STATISTICS 2002 – 2005STATISTICS 2002 – 2005

Lake Ladoga

St. PetersburgThe Gulf of Finland

BORDER SURVEILLANCEBORDER SURVEILLANCE

Investment:v. 2004 295 man-years ( 14,2 mill. € )v. 2005 308 man-years ( 14,7 mill. € )

Continuous leadership• commander/deputy• overall command/field command• situation monitoring centers

Rapid deployment reserve

2 - 3 h

OH-HVDRAJAVARTIOLAITOS

1 - 2 h

< 1 hx 4Continuous technical surveillance on the focus areas~ 40 km/227 km~ 90 cameras~ 280 other sensors

Patrolling on the border 1-2/day

Constant awareness of the situation – risk analysis

17

32

24

1

20

2

23

16

31

12

3

8

4

10

319

11

19

6

1

13

3

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005Persons Crafts Aircrafts

ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGSILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS

* Border Regulation Agreement (23.6.1960; revised 26.6.1998)* Crime Prevention Agreement (5.3.1993)* Agreement on Border Crossing Points (11.3.1994)

BASED ON:

LEVELS:Executive level

Pronitshev* 2 - 4 meetings annually* decisions and guidelines

Permanent Finno-Russian BG working group

Smolander

Loginov

* 3 - 4 meetings annually* preparation for decisions* implementation (command and control)* four sub-groups

Regional Border Delegates

Etu-SeppäläLapland

KainuuNorth Karelia

South-East

Niemenkari

Kaakinen

Kaukanen

MitjushinAlakurttiKalevalaSuojärvi

Vyborg

ObuhovTkatshenko

Juvzhenko

* about 100 meetings annually* practical cooperation at the land and sea

borders and BCPs (fourth level)

Border Delegates' Assistants

Heads of BCPs

Experts

* hundreds of meetings annually

* AD Hoc meetings

* scheduled meetings

Kostamovaara

BORDER GUARD COOPERATIONBETWEEN FINLAND AND RUSSIABORDER GUARD COOPERATIONBETWEEN FINLAND AND RUSSIA

INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMINTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

NORWAY

SWEDENSWEDEN

FINLANDFINLAND

DENMARKDENMARK

POLANDGERMANYGERMANY

HOLLANDHOLLAND

UNITEDKINGDOM

IRELAND

NORTH.IRELAND

BELGIUMBELGIUM

FRANCEFRANCE

LUXEMBOURGLUXEMBOURG

CZECH. REP.

AUSTRIAAUSTRIA

SLOVAK REP..

SWITZERLANDSLOVENIA

CROATIACROATIABOSNIA -BOSNIA -HERCEGOVINAHERCEGOVINA

ITALYITALY JUGOSLAVIAJUGOSLAVIA

HUNGARY

MACEDONIAMACEDONIA

ALBANIAALBANIA

ROMANIA

BULGARIA

GREECEGREECE TURKEY

UKRAINEUKRAINE

MOLDAVIAMOLDAVIA

BELOBELORUSSIARUSSIA

RUSSIARUSSIA

RUSSIARUSSIA

LITHUANIA

LATVIA

ESTONIA

SPAINSPAINPORTUGALPORTUGAL

CYPRUSMALTA

COMMON RISK

ANALYSIS

BORDER CHIEFS- The Common Unit

- Agency’s Management Board

BURDEN SHARING-COMMUNITY FUNDING*

- JOINT UNITS

EU BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (1 MAY) 2005 =>

OPERATIONALCOOPERATION

COMMONLEGISLATION*

UNIFORMTRAINING AND

PROFESSIONALISM

COMPATIBLEEQUIPMENT

NORWAY

CRIMINAL CASES REVEALED BYTHE SOUTHEAST FINLAND BORDER GUARD DISTRICT 2004

CRIMINAL CASES REVEALED BYTHE SOUTHEAST FINLAND BORDER GUARD DISTRICT 2004

PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS TRANSFERRED TO POLICE

(CRIME REPORTS)

Crime reports• Arrangement of illegalimmigration RL 17:8 3

• Forgery RL 33:1 13• Drunken driving RL 23:3 164• Gross drunken driving RL 23:4 5• Water traffic intoxication

RL 23:5 1• Receiving offence RL 32:1 3• Aggravated receiving

offence RL 32:2 23• Total 231

Summary penal orders• Penal Code 375• Aliens Act 224• Traffic Act 149• Others 83• Total 830

LIMITED PRE-TRIALINVESTIGATIONS/SFBGD

PRE-TRIALINVESTIGATIONS/SFBGD

Crime• Border offence RL 17:7 16

(terrain border, investigated byFFG)

• Border offence RL 17:7 3(border crossing points; investigated with the arrange-ments of illegal immigration)

• Total 19