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Ukraine Security Service Arrests Local Officials for Helping Illegal Gambling

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September 15, 2020

Niji Narayan

Ukraine Security Service Arrests Local Officials for Helping Illegal Gambling

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The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has nabbed a local prosecutor and a national police chief in in the Smila Raion region for allegedly helping an illegal gambling business by accepting bribes.

The two accused had allegedly received more than UAH50,000 (€1,500) as bribe from an illegal gambling business for not reporting and punishing the business.

SBU has been conducting an investigation over the corruption allegations in association with the national police. The agencies will continue the investigation to find out whether more people were involved in the illegal operations.

It must be noted that Ukrainian government had banned gambling in 2009. Only last month did President Volodymyr Zelensky approved the new law to to legalise both land-based casinos and online gambling.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.