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Customs is a large and diverse organisation with numerous employees spread across the country. There are offices in all capital cities and also in some regional centres. Customs is responsible for detecting and deterring the unlawful movement of goods across the border.

To help them do their job effectively, customs works closely with other agencies, such as Federal Frontier Service of Russian Federation, Federal Migration Service, Federal Tax Service of Russia and other authorities.

Customs officers are multi-skilled and can move through a variety of work areas. Some work areas involve shift-work and overtime. Most officers work closely with the public and related industry personnel.

Typical work includes:

· processing and risk-assessing passengers entering or leaving Russia (including baggage and personal search)

· processing of cargo including documentary checks and physical examination

· boarding ships and aircraft to check compliance with regulations

· searching ships for undocumented cargo, prohibited goods and stowaways

· monitoring security in сustoms-controlled areas

· collection of duty

· and some other functions.

Teamwork is essential to the day-to-day operations of all parts of customs. It is a dynamic work environment where an individual or a team can be asked to take on many different roles. This means that customs officers have to be able to understand and correctly apply many laws, whether they're searching people's baggage or cargo, x-raying postal items, checking passports, or questioning travellers.

Thousands of passengers move through our international airports each day and all of them will be processed by сustoms. Many of them are questioned, some are searched and some are penalised or charged if they break the law. This requires application of risk-assessment principles. Attention, concentration and clear thinking combined with an ability to question and look for connections between people, activities and known information are essential. The increased threat of terrorism means that this is even more imperative.

Questioning and searching passengers and their goods are necessary for the protection of the community. Being courteous and respectful at all times and having an ability to cool down conflict is an important part of the job. You will meet people who are tired, upset or anxious and they can be difficult to deal with, uncooperative and defensive.

Customs officers are also expected to use a wide range of technology, such as computers, x-rays and ion scans, which detect tiny traces of certain elements.

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