After customs payments were canceled during martial law, the customs officers of the Odessa customs remembered the old way to earn money - they deliberately delay the clearance, hinting that they need to be negotiated with. At the same time, importers are required to pay $500-1000 per container. This was told by the Avia Cargo company, which refused to pay, writes Business Censor..

One of the leaders of the company explained: “The head of the Odessa customs office, Zakolodyazhny, ordered the head of the Euroterminal post, Dmitry Dzenvalyuk, to keep our containers for as long as possible and do 100% inspections with sorting goods by article, and some declarations had from 100 to 200 articles. After writing the inspection report (taking from 2 to 6 days) - the customs officers sent a request to the tariff department. After passing through all the stages, it was necessary to withdraw the previously submitted declaration and submit it again in accordance with the act of care. All this stretched out for many days.. As an alternative to simplifying the customs clearance process, Dzenvaliuk offered to pay a bribe of $1,000 for a container of shoes and $500 for a container of other goods.. We refused"

It ended with the entire cargo being destroyed by a Russian missile strike..

This is just one story, because this corrupt scheme also works at Western customs, through which humanitarian aid goods enter Ukraine.. From importers - they collect hundreds of dollars for a car, container, etc..

Numerous complaints from importers remain unanswered and without results, because the same people demand bribes and accept complaints from those who do not want to give them.

In the case of Avia Cargo, the complaints were received by the head of customs Zakolodyazhny, who gave the order to artificially delay customs clearance. Signals of violation at the Odessa customs are ignored by the leadership of the Customs Service in Kyiv.

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