The financial police in the Vitebsk region have initiated 5 criminal cases against "currency speculators" in three months

August 2, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. The Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee of Belarus for the Vitebsk region has intensified its work to suppress the activities of persons engaged in illegal currency transactions, the regional State Control Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

Speaking about the practical results of the work, the State Control Committee stated that in April-June 2011, 5 criminal cases were initiated against persons engaged in illegal currency transactions, 14 administrative protocols were drawn up, and administrative fines totaling Br5.3 million were imposed.

The financial police seized Belarusian rubles and currency in ruble equivalent from "currency speculators" totaling Br264.1 million, including 491 thousand rubles of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, $20.7 thousand, 15.5 thousand euros.-0-