Head of the department of the Transport Inspectorate branch for the Vitebsk region convicted of bribery

August 11, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. The Deputy Head of the branch - Head of the Licensing and Control Department for Transport Activities of the Transport Inspectorate Branch for the Vitebsk Region of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in an enhanced regime colony with confiscation of property. This was reported to BELTA by the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus. The official was found guilty of receiving a bribe (Part 2 of Article 430 of the Criminal Code of Belarus). As established during the preliminary investigation, from December 2006 to December 2008, he repeatedly received bribes from citizens and representatives of private enterprises for performing knowingly illegal actions in their interests, which he committed using his official powers. In particular, for a bribe of $300, he helped to expedite the registration of a car as a taxi and the issuance of a license card without actual technical inspection; for $1.5 thousand, he failed to take appropriate measures to identify and properly document violations of transport activities in one of the private enterprises in the regional center; for $700, he issued fictitious certificates necessary for submission to the State Traffic Inspectorate Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, regarding the operation of a car as a taxi. In total, during the specified period, the head of the department received bribes totaling $3.9 thousand and 300 euros for resolving such issues. The sentence has entered into legal force. -0-