OBKhSS

Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property

(OBKhSS) Отдел по борьбе с хищениями социалистической собственности (ОБХСС)
Agency overview
Formed	March 16, 1937
Dissolved	February, 1992
Superseding agency	Department for combating economic crimes Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
Jurisdiction	The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR

Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property (shortly The OBKhSS, Template:Lang-ru) was the Soviet financial police. It was responsible for the regulation of economic laws fight against theft of property in the organizations and institutions of state commerce, consumer, industrial and individual co-operatives, savings banks and procurement agencies, as well as to fight against speculation.

OBKhSS was established as a department of the Main Police Department of the NKVD USSR on March 16, 1937 in Order of the People's Commissar No. 0018. From 1946 to 1991 under the authority of The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.

Currently Successor of the OBKhss in similar function is the OBEP - The Department for fighting against Economic crimes of MVD and the DEB - Department for Economic Security.

Gallery

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  Medal for 50 years OBKhSS MVD USSR 1987 year

See also

• Militsiya
• MVD