A. Give the definitions for the following terms and expressions or explain in other words.
Active vocabulary
Tax police
Tax militia is the law-enforcement body providing economic security of Ukraine.
Its tasks are as follows: 1) the prevention, detection and investigation of tax crimes; 2) the search for evasive taxpayers; 3) the prevention and detection of corruption in the bodies of State Tax Service; 4) the safeguarding of activity of State Tax Service officers.
According to the law on State Tax Service in Ukraine (December 4, 1990 N 509-XII, Article 20.) the tax militia consists of:
Main Department of Tax Militia, Investigative Department of Tax Militia, Department for counteraction to corruption in state tax service authorities of State Tax Administration of Ukraine;
Department of Tax Militia, Investigative Divisions of Tax Militia, Divisions for counteraction to corruption in state tax service authorities of correspondent state tax administrations in Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, city of Kyiv and Sevastopоl;
Divisions of Tax Militia, Investigative Subdivisions (Groups) of Tax Militia of correspondent state tax inspections in districts, cities, districts in cities, inter-district and unified state tax inspections.
Within the structure of tax militia operates special structural unit responsible for counteraction to illegal turnover of alcoholic beverages and tobacco goods.
The Tax Militia is managed by Head of Tax Militia – First Deputy Head of Sate Tax Administration of Ukraine. The Tax Militia in state tax administration in Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, city of Kyiv and Sevastopоl is managed by Heads of Departments of Tax Militia – First Deputy Heads of correspondent State Tax Administration.
To carry out authority
To disclose department
To expose direction
To punish freedom
To secure legislation
To subordinate offender
To supervise security
To threaten
II. COMPREHENSION
1. special forces
2. interior forces
3. intelligence
4. counterintelligence
5. intelligent-subversive activity
B. Answer the following questions using the information from the text:
1. Which organ performs the main amount of law enforcing work to keep
law and order?
2. Which organ defends our state from intelligent-subversive activities of
foreign secret services?
3. What are the directions of the Security Service of Ukraine activity?
4. What kind of crimes does the Security Service of Ukraine deal with?
5. What are the tasks of the bodies of the interior affairs?
6. Who heads the bodies of the internal affairs? How is he appointed? Who is the head of the Ministry of the Interior now?
7. Would you like to work in law enforcing agencies of Ukraine? Which body would you prefer to work in? Give your own arguments.
2. Compare two law enforcing agencies: bodies of the interior affairs and the Security Service of Ukraine according the following points. Use the information from the text.
1. tasks;
2. structure;
3. head;
4. directions of activity;
5. crimes they deal with;
6. additional information.