“Photo: screenshot Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Kyiv have been simulating searches on the territory of the Odesa Sea Trade Port for the second week. This was stated in the complaint of private enterprises to the Office of the President, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the State Security Service of Ukraine, the State Security Bureau of Ukraine and the Council for the Support of Entrepreneurship of Ukraine. According to the businessmen, beginning on December 19, the BEB detectives used the fabricated pretext of non-payment […]”, — write: businessua.com.ua
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Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Kyiv have been simulating searches on the territory of the Odesa Sea Trade Port for the second week. This was stated in the complaint of private enterprises to the Office of the President, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the State Security Service of Ukraine, the State Security Bureau of Ukraine and the Council for the Support of Entrepreneurship of Ukraine.
According to entrepreneurs, since December 19, BEB detectives have been blocking the work of dozens of enterprises operating in the port under the pretext of non-payment of taxes. From this not only business suffers, but also labor groups – drivers, crane operators, technical personnel.
It is noted that the detectives arrive at the place of the search every morning, where they read the decision about the need to “renew” the investigative action”, and in the evening of the same day, the detective reads the “suspension” of the investigative action. At the same time, in the decision of the Kyiv District Court of Odesa by investigative judge Tishko D.A. there is talk of a search, but there is not a word about the seizure of property, which actually takes place.
Moreover, no investigative, investigative actions are actually carried out. Most of the law enforcement officers are on the territory of the port without any assignments and cannot explain what they are doing and what goal they are pursuing. A BEB employee remains at the port overnight, continuing to block the activities of private enterprises.
According to the businessmen, in private conversations, law enforcement officers confidently state that they will “be at the facility” until January 15, although the decision is valid only until January 10. The business concludes that the law enforcement officers are confident in advance of the extension of the decree.
In their appeal, the businessmen state that the purpose of such illegal actions by law enforcement officers is not the need to investigate criminal proceedings, but countering the economic activity of a number of enterprises. So, for example, in the absence of any prohibitions regarding the declaration of goods and administrative documents – motor carriers are not released from the port, drivers remain hostages of the situation.
Illegal actions of BEB detectives have already led to the suspension and blocking of any financial and economic operations related to the export of goods from the port, the activities of dozens of enterprises that are not even specified in the search warrant are blocked. In addition, the operation of all cranes on the territory of the port is blocked: law enforcement officers force all crane operators to leave their workplaces and seal the equipment.
As a result, exporting companies bear additional costs related to the storage of goods in the port territory, the inability to load and export the goods in accordance with the terms of the current contracts, bear additional costs for the idleness and stay of ships in the port territory.
In addition to everything else, the workforce of these companies suffers, which cannot work and is already resorting to extreme measures, publicly burning tires as a sign of protest.
Summarizing, the business points out that against the background of the total blocking of the “Grain Corridor” by the aggressor country, from which Ukraine’s international partners suffer, there is also an “internal blocking” that can lead to an international scandal. In addition, the actions of law enforcement officers block the timely payment of taxes to the budget and, accordingly, the receipt of foreign exchange revenue to Ukraine, which is unacceptable in the conditions of war.
Source: kp.ua