Given the complexity of and rise in white marriages and legal cohabitations , a "white marriages" cell has been created in the Brussels South police area and tasked with the following missions:

• Write the minutes of initial complaints and denunciations of marriages in the area of ​​police.
• Treat "white marriage" apostilles emanating from the "marital status service" and conduct resulting investigations
• Manage and centralize administrative investigations prior to marriages and legal cohabitations involving a foreigner, as requested by the "marital status" of the three municipal administrations of the police area.
• Check the validity of identification documents presented for registration to the municipal authorities and perform checks in police databases within the framework of the project "Europe" (4150 checks in 2011).