SBU: Police officers caught taking $1,000 per day in bribes from truck drivers in Kherson


The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) investigates an alleged scheme in which police were taking bribes to ignore the operation of overloaded trucks in Kherson oblast.

Four people, including three police officers, were caught taking bribes from truck drivers operating overloaded vehicles instead of fining them, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) announced on Aug. 30.

Suspects made about $1,000 (Hr 25,000) per day on the scheme since October 2020, according to the investigation. The bribes were allegedly collected in Kherson, a city of 290,000 people located 550 kilometers south of Kyiv. 

Source: www.kyivpost.com

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