The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has filed charges against a captain of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who was the head of the fuels service for the Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo.
"It was found that from October 2008 to April 2009, being a member of the Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo, an officer, by abusing his position, gave a private local company over 1.2 million liters of fuel worth over EUR 627,500, which was imported to Kosovo without the payment of the respective customs duties to ensure the needs of the KFOR peacekeeping contingents. For these actions, the captain received from a private company representative a bribe of around EUR 60,000," the media relations department of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine reported on Monday.
The officer was detained and taken into custody under a court order.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, charges were brought against the officer under Part 1, Article 423, Part 3, Article 368, and Part 1, Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (the abuse of power or office, the receipt of a bribe, and money laundering).
On September 18, 2010, the media reported that servicemen of the Ukrainian contingent of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) carried out large-scale fraud with the supply and sale of fuel in Kosovo in 2006-2009.
