Officers of security service of Ukraine caught in the investigation of cases of smuggling of amber in the Rivne region, said Advisor to the head of the SBU Yury Tandit in interview the Internet-to the edition.
Illegal extraction of amber local residents have long flourished in Rivne, Zhytomyr regions and other Central-Western regions of Ukraine. The problem before was the head of the country Petro Poroshenko, which in July asked in a persistent form from law enforcement for 2 weeks to establish the optimal stopping smuggling of amber.
"Since June 17, commenced active operations on the considered direction. Were large detention not only smuggling of cars, but also employees of the SBU. We started With myself, Were taken by the Officers of the SBU, which was involved in smuggling, so does the Colonel. Moreover, Vasily Gritsak (head of the security service - ed.) decided that if there is a fact of lawlessness from an employee of the SBU, the investigation pulls away, his immediate superior. A year earlier this would not be possible, " said Tandit.
Ukraine occupies one of leading places in the world reserves of amber, the proportion of gem quality stones is 25%, whereas in Poland and Russia - 10-15%. Small depth leads to the fact that the cost of production of Ukrainian raw amber 20-40% lower in Kaliningrad.
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