The Security Service of Ukraine exposed the head of the Zhytomyr customs on systemic corruption.
Investigators found out that the illegal scheme was organized by the head of the Zhytomyr customs. One of the heads of departments, as well as a local broker, were involved as intermediaries. Of the local entrepreneurs who imported all sorts of goods to Ukraine, they demanded unlawful benefits from local businessmen. This was reported by the press center of the Security Service of Ukraine.
For this, the customs officers promised not to create artificial interference in the customs clearance of goods. Those who refused to pay were threatened with additional checks, delays and downtime.
The SBU documented two facts of bribery. The head of the Zhytomyr customs, the head of the customs value control department and the corresponding customs broker were detained for receiving the duty unit of unlawful benefits.
It is expected that the defendants will be informed of the suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 368 (acceptance of an offer, promise or extraction of unlawful benefit by an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Recall that the Anti-Corruption Bureau announced the exposure of a criminal organization led by the former head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, whose participants for the period from 2019 to 2021 seized more than 500 million hryvnia of funds from JSC “Odessa Port Plant” and JSC “United Mining and Chemical Company”.
Source: Racurs
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