The Security Service of Ukraine exposed the officials of the Chernivtsi and Odessa customs on corruption schemes of extortion and receiving money from businessmen.

So, in the Chernivtsi region, the head of one of the local customs posts was detained on corruption deals, who, for bribes, “guaranteed” entrepreneurs not to create artificial obstacles during the customs clearance of commercial goods.

To implement this scheme, the customs officer involved two acquaintances as intermediaries, of which one is a former customs officer who had previously been held accountable for corruption.

Initially, the SBU employees documented the fact that the first part of the bribe in the amount of 3 thousand dollars was transferred to the attackers.. dol. for the smooth execution of three customs declarations, and then detained an intermediary in Kyiv to receive 12 thousand. dol. – the second part of the undue benefit. For this money, the official promised to issue a wholesale batch of consumer goods to the entrepreneur without "

Two persons involved - the organizer of the scheme and his accomplice - were reported on suspicion of. 3 st. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an unlawful benefit by an official).

At the same time, in the Odessa region, officials at the Odessa-port and Belgorod-Dnestrovsky customs posts created a corrupt scheme to receive money from volunteers who bring humanitarian aid to Ukraine for Ukrainian defenders.

For an amount of $ 500 per car, officials promised carriers "

The SBU stated that they documented several episodes of receiving cash rewards by customs officers and detained the chief state inspector of the Odessa-port customs post on the transfer of another amount of bribe.

While he was informed of the suspicion. 3 st.

368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an unlawful benefit by an official) and the issue of holding other employees of the managerial and inspection level of the customs post accountable.

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