OREANDA-NEWS. July 19, 2007.  State interior management of Sverdlovsk region together with JSC “Sverdlovenergo” confirmed “Plan of joint actions to prevent thievery of stock and equipment from the sites of Sverdlovsk region till the end of 2007”.

Under the confirmed programme it is agreed about coordination of actions and conduction of systematic policy to insure safety at the production objects. For instance it’s planned to make joint reviews of legal bodies and individual entrepreneurs who deal with hardware items. There will be also made vetting of transport vehicles transporting equipment used at the sites. To block export of stolen metals from the territory of Sverdlovsk region, power engineers and representatives of law enforcement agencies are going to carry out preventive operation “Metal” in the third quarter of 2007. This month there was organized work to make hidden watchposts and joint operations teams for identifying and apprehending persons guilty of committing thieveries from the power sites.

Nowadays Administration of economic security of JSC “Sverdlovenergo” actively co-operates with law enforcement agencies on the ground of such issues as crime control in the sphere of power energetics. In the first quarter of 2007 together with State interior management of Sverdlovsk region there were conducted check-ups of more than 170 shops receiving ferrous and non-ferrous junk; in the result 64 shops were found to be illegal. Some of them were closed and their owners are brought to administrative responsibility.

The signed agreement will help to make this work more effective; it will add to closer cooperation between the power company and bodies of internal affairs for organization of safety at the power sites.