History of Polygraph in the Republic of Belarus

Since 2001 the polygraph has been widely used in the Criminal Investigation Office of the Ministry of Internal Aff airs of the Republic of Belarus to investigate various criminal cases. Earlier, the polygraph had only been used in the State Security Committee, where a specialist specially trained in Moscow used to conduct polygraph screening tests. However, due to the specialist’s lack of experience in investigating criminal cases, the Belarussian Ministry of Internal Aff airs asked colleagues from the Russian Federation to train such specialists separately.