PMR domestic law enforcement

The crime rate is extremely low in Pridnestrovie, so there is nothing in particular to be concerned about. The rumors of drugs / weapons / smuggling / mafia are just that ... rumors.

One of the benefits of visiting PMR personally is that you can filter out the unfounded, unproven accusations of crime. You will see for yourself that Pridnestrovie is a modern, forward-looking country and that crime is virtually absent. As for the stories to the contrary, they are unproven accusations only: Attribute them to Moldovan smear propaganda; not to any basis in fact or reality.

Police patrol

After spending a few days or weeks in the PMR, you might ask "where is the mafyia that I heard about before I came" or "where are all the weapons traffickers?" The answer: Somewhere else, but not in Pridnestrovie. In fact, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone with a gun, not even a gun kept at home. Crime in Pridnestrovie is lower than most other European countries. That's because a lot of Pridnestrovians understand that to build and grow our young country, we all have to pull together and work at it, not screw it up.

Black propaganda
After failing in its 1992-invasion of Pridnestrovie, Moldova launched a new kind of war: An information war designed to isolate Pridnestrovie by portraying it as an outcast country and, presumably, deter outsiders from visiting.

The tactic works, but only until the facts are examined. Foreign diplomats say reports of smuggling from Pridnestrovie are wildly exaggerated and attribute them to Moldovan pressure. EU and OSCE officials say that there is "not a shred of evidence" to back up the allegations. There is no drug involvement either: Here, too, Western officials rule out Pridnestrovie's participation. And despite persistent allegations, there is no evidence either (unlike in Moldova) of sex slavery or human trafficking.

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