Over 2,700 persons convicted of corruption over past two years in Ukraine

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Over the past two years, the law enforcement officers arrested 5,471 persons for corruption, Ukrinform reports.

“The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, the State Investigation Bureau and the State Fiscal Service detained 5,471 individuals on corruption charges over the past two years. 2,765 people are already convicted, the sentences have taken effect,” Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko said at a meeting of the committee on legislative support for the activity of the law enforcement bodies, an Ukrinform correspondent reports

He also noted that according to the court rulings on confiscation, “UAH 44 billion was returned for the past two years.”

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