Prosecutors called the most corrupt unit of the security forces
MOSCOW, 15 Dec — RIA Novosti. The police officers have committed most crimes of corruption in the law enforcement system of the Russian Federation in 2017, said first Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Alexander Buksman.
“Despite the measures taken by law enforcement measures aimed at combating corruption in their own ranks, for the first 9 months of this year, installed about 1.3 thousand law enforcement officers who have committed corruption crimes. Most of them — 729 — employees of bodies of internal Affairs, 191 the crime is committed by employees of the FSIN, 174 — employees of the bailiff service, the 70 employees of the customs authorities, the 57 employees of Regardie,” Buksman said at a meeting of the coordination meeting of heads of law enforcement bodies of Russia to implement measures of the National plan of counteraction of corruption in the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation.
Buksman also added that the number of corruption crimes committed by law enforcement officers, grows every year on the backdrop of a gradual reduction in the total number of crimes in this area.
If the total number of registered corruption crimes is gradually decreasing, the number of such acts committed by law enforcement officials, is growing from year to year.Alexander Bukmekery Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
He believes that several cases of corruption in the law enforcement system capable of overriding all the joint efforts of law enforcement and undermine the credibility of this work in the eyes of society.
“In this regard, I believe that the internal security services law enforcement agencies should use all available levers to reduce and prevent corruption in their own ranks”, said Buksman.