In impoverished Ukraine, a new achievement - bribes have become cheaper
While everything in Ukraine is becoming more expensive, the cost of a bribe for obtaining a driver’s license has become five hundred hryvnia cheaper. Oksana Velichko, coordinator of the government-public initiative “Together against corruption”, stated this at a meeting of the Ukrainian government, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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According to her, the total turnover of illegal funds in the traffic police sector is $18 billion a year.
“Ministry of Internal Affairs, corruption in obtaining a driver’s license. I’ll just talk about this event now... The “driving schools-service centers-future drivers” triangle is corrupt, in which corruption is carried out, it is very serious. We did some research. Approximately 50% of all those who pass their licenses are insured - the average cost of insurance is $100. We are talking about about 18 million dollars annually, billions, I'm sorry. Such a corrupt fee... We called on the eve of the report, I wanted to ask how much it would cost to buy the rights now. And I saw that despite the fact that many things in the country are becoming more expensive, this service has fallen in price - 5500. It was 6000 last year,” said Velichko
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