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Criminal Charges Levied Against Energoatom Officials in Alleged Nuclear Equipment Smuggling Case
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| Abstract Number: |
20070230 |
| Headline: |
“Ukrainskaya spetssluzhba utverzhdayet o zaderzhanii kontrabandnogo
oborudovanuya dlya AES, vvezennogo iz Rossii” [Ukrainian Special Service
claims seizure of contraband equipment brought from Russia] |
| Date: |
19 September 2007 |
| Bibliography:
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Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru/ |
| Author: |
Valeriy Rzhevskiy |
| Orig. Src.:
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ITAR-TASS |
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Abstract:
Ukrainian security service reported the seizure of contraband equipment
delivered to the nuclear industry with an estimated value of approximately 2.5 million hryvnyas
(about $500,000 as of fall 2007), ITAR-TASS reported on 19 September 2007.
Criminal proceedings were reportedly initiated against officials of the National
Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine (Energoatom) because the equipment
was smuggled from Russia into Ukraine without customs declarations and with
forged certificates. On 26 September 2007, RBK-Ukraina reported that the
smuggled equipment included pipeline parts, which were installed on one of the
nuclear power plants managed by Energoatom.[1] In light of the incident, the
security service initiated checks of all pipeline parts in order to ensure
safety of NPP operation. [2] This was reportedly the third
criminal investigation into actions of Energoatom officials, as two unrelated
investigations on charges of embezzlement and infliction of property damage are
ongoing. [1]
Sources:
[1] “SBU passleduyet tri dela o razvorovyvanii gossredstv i nezakonnykh
zakupkakh sluzhebnymi litsami DP NAEK Energoatom” [SBU is investigating three cases of
embezzlement and illegal procurement by the administrative officials of Energoatom],
RBK-Ukraina, 26 September 2007, http://www.rbc.ua/.
[2] “SBU podozrevayet chlena spiska partii regionov v organizatsii teraktov na atomnykh elektrostantsiyakh” [SBU is suspecting a members of the list of party of regions in organizing a terrorist act on nuclear powerplants], Ukraina Segodnia, November 2, 2007,
http://www.ua-today.com/ {Entered 10/30/07 PT}
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