It is noted that almost 32.3 thousand. cases of violation of customs regulations. The total cost of detained cargo amounted to more than 1.59 billion hryvnia.

Of these, in 7 thousand cases were seized objects of violations amounting to more than 746 million hryvnia. The number of cases initiated in 2017 is almost one third higher than in 2016.

Then it was instituted 23.2 thousand. cases worth more than 2.09 billion hryvnia. For 2017 it was established 2,7 thousand. cases of violation when moving food products. The total amount was almost 67.9 million hryvnia.

In general, the customs officers handed over to the court almost 7,800. cases worth more than 1.47 billion hryvnia. As a result, the court decided to confiscate the offenses for more than 433.56 million hryvnia and imposed fines worth more than 401.57 million hryvnia.

As previously reported in "URA-Inform", the employees of the Security Service of Ukraine jointly with the prosecutor's office exposed the bribe of the chief state inspector of the customs clearance department of the customs post "Zaporozhye-Airport".