how to open a detective agency in Russia A citizen applying for a license to work as a private detective must personally submit to the appropriate internal affairs agency: · a questionnaire; · Statement; · 2 photographs (4x6 cm.) · Medical certificate of suitability for health reasons to engage in detective and security activities; · Documents proving Russian citizenship, legal education or special training for working as a private detective, or at least 3 years of experience in operational or investigative units; · Information about the needs for special means, means of communication and other technical means and the intention to use them; · A document confirming the payment of a monetary amount for the issuance of a license. The license is not issued to: · citizens under the age of 21; · Citizens registered with the health authorities about a mental illness, alcoholism or drug addiction; · Citizens who have a criminal record for committing an intentional crime; · Citizens who are charged with a crime (before resolving the issue of their guilt in the manner prescribed by law); · Citizens discharged from the civil service, from the judicial, prosecutorial and other law enforcement agencies on grounds that compromise them; · Former law enforcement officials who exercised control over private detective and security activities if a year has not passed since the day of their dismissal; · Citizens who have not submitted the necessary documents. The license is canceled in cases of: · violation or non-fulfillment by the private detective, security guard, private detective and security company (association) of official security, their managers of the requirements stipulated by the provisions of legislative and other legal acts of the Russian Federation; · Failure to fulfill tax and other financial obligations (as advised by the financial authorities). Private detective and security activities are defined as the provision on a fee-based contractual basis of services to individuals and legal entities to enterprises that have a special permit (license) of the internal affairs bodies in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of their clients. For the purposes of investigation, the following types of services are allowed: · collection of information on civil cases on a contractual basis with participants in the process; · Market research, collection of information for business negotiations, identification of insolvency or unreliability of partners; · The establishment of the circumstances of the unlawful use in business activities of brand names and names, unfair competition, as well as the disclosure of information constituting a trade secret; · Clarification of biographical and other personality-characterizing data on individual citizens (with their written consent) upon their conclusion of labor and other contracts; · Search for missing citizens; · Search for property lost by citizens or enterprises, institutions, organizations; · Collection of information on criminal cases on a contractual basis with participants in the process. Within 24 hours from the moment of concluding a contract with the client for the collection of such information, notify the person conducting the inquiry, the investigator, the prosecutor or the court in whose proceedings the criminal case is informed. Individuals and legal entities that do not have the legal status of a private detective, private detective enterprise or association, private security guard or private security company, or security detective unit, are FORBIDDEN to provide the above services. Creation or activity of private detective and security companies (associations, associations) and security services not provided for by the Law of the Russian Federation “On Private Detective and Security Activities in the Russian Federation” of 11. O3. 92 years, entail liability in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Citizens engaged in private detective and security activities are subject to compulsory insurance in case of death, personal injury or other health damage in connection with the implementation of detective or security actions. Detective activity should be the main type of employment of a private detective, combining it with the public service or with an elective paid position in public associations is not allowed. Duration of registration of a license for private detective (detective) activity - 45 days; Duration of validity of a license for private detective (detective) activity - 5 years List of documents required to obtain a license for private detective (detective) activity: ■ Application addressed to the head of the Main Department of Internal Affairs ■ Photocopy of the Certificate on entering into the state register and assignment of the OGRNIP. ■ A photocopy of tax registration and TIN assignment. ■ A photocopy of the extract from the Unified State Register of Enterprises. ■ Application form. ■ Information on the need for special means, means of communication and other technical means and the intention to use them. ■ Medical certificate F No. 046-1. + help from PND and ND. ■ A photocopy of the passport. ■ A photocopy of the work book. ■ A photocopy of a diploma in law or a document on training for working as a private investigator or a certificate of work experience in operational or investigative units for at least three years and dismissal due to non-compromising circumstances. ■ 2 matte photos 4 * 6 cm (without corner). ■ 2 paid receipts on the payment of the state fee for considering the application and granting a license. Copies of constituent documents, certificates of the Federal Tax Service, extracts from the USRIP and a copy of the diploma are notarized. When making a decision on granting an individual entrepreneur a license to carry out detective (detective) activities, the internal affairs body simultaneously with a document confirming the availability of a license draws up and issues a certificate to a private investigator