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
Jurisdiction The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Minister responsible
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Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property (shortly The OBKhSS, Russian: Отдел по борьбе с хищениями социалистической собственности, ОБХСС) was the Soviet financial police. They are responsible for the regulation of economic laws fight against theft of socialist 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 in March 16, 1937 in Order of the People's Commissar № 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.

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