Guernsey Border Agency
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The Guernsey Border Agency is the law enforcement body
charged with tackling cross border crime and adminsitering the customs and immigration systems for the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The agency is headed by a Chief - Rob Prow.
The Agency has been established in shadow form following a decision to separate the executive functions of setting strategy and policy (which will be the responsibility of the Home Department and a law enforcement commission) and operational law enforcement. The island has had an integrated customs and immigration function since 1975. The new agency brings financial crime and drugs responsibilities to the new agency from the Guernsey Police.
The agency has around 90 officers and staff. It has a cutter and can call on mutual aid from French customs
and UK Border Agency
aircraft and vessels if required.
The agency is based at New Jetty, White Rock, St Peter Port
, Guernsey.
Law enforcement agency
In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
charged with tackling cross border crime and adminsitering the customs and immigration systems for the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The agency is headed by a Chief - Rob Prow.
The Agency has been established in shadow form following a decision to separate the executive functions of setting strategy and policy (which will be the responsibility of the Home Department and a law enforcement commission) and operational law enforcement. The island has had an integrated customs and immigration function since 1975. The new agency brings financial crime and drugs responsibilities to the new agency from the Guernsey Police.
The agency has around 90 officers and staff. It has a cutter and can call on mutual aid from French customs
Directorate-general of customs and indirect taxes
The Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes is a French law enforcement agency responsible for levying indirect taxes, preventing smuggling, surveilling borders, and investigating counterfeit money...
and UK Border Agency
UK Border Agency
The UK Border Agency is the border control body of the United Kingdom government and part of the Home Office. It was formed on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency , UKvisas and the Detection functions of HM Revenue and Customs...
aircraft and vessels if required.
The agency is based at New Jetty, White Rock, St Peter Port
St Peter Port
Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from...
, Guernsey.