In Ukraine day of environment, may 24, militiamen detained 23 members of the bureaucratic apparatus in dozens of disciplines, who stole from the state more than three billion dollars through a scheme of “tax areas”.

As reports “Диалог.UA” large-scale anti-corruption operation under the leadership of interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov held a fifteen Ukrainian regions. The security forces have arrested 23 local officials, which are already beginning to deliver in Kiev, reports “Russian conversation”.

According to Avakov, the detained officials were part of one big corruption schemes in force since the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, and led her allegedly former Minister of revenues and duties (now the Fiscal service – ed.), Alexander Klimenko .

The head of the Ukrainian Ministry argues that in the chart “tax areas”, providing for the evasion of large companies from paying taxes, corrupt officials have stolen from the Ukrainian budget and was taken abroad for $ 3.6 billion.

Just one day Ukrainian security forces conducted 23 detention in fifteen regions, as well as 454 a search that became the most large-scale special operation of law enforcement for the last time.

The detained officials are already being delivered to Kiev, where he will be sent for questioning and taken into custody.