The Department for Specialized Training and Canine Services of the State Customs Service (Department) provided the initial training of the canine teams of Volyn, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi and Kharkiv Customs from May 5, 2023 to June 9, 2023, which was made possible thanks to the financial support of the “EU Support in Strengthening IBM in Ukraine – Resilience” (“EU4IBM – Resilience”) project.

Over the course of 4 weeks, the officials of the divisions (sectors) of the canine services of Customs, together with their four-legged assistants, daily acquired professional knowledge and practical skills by working out search work at the training facilities (premises) of the Department, as well as the Territorially Separate Branch “Khmelnytskyi Branch of the Academy of the State Penitentiary Service” within the framework of interdepartmental interaction with the Department.

Thus, the certificates received by all participants of the above-mentioned training event make it possible for them to be further involved in the customs control procedure for the purpose of finding and identifying objects and substances prohibited for movement across the customs border of Ukraine.