$120M CASH BUST: Russian anti-graft boss arrested
The Kremlin on Monday insisted it was serious about tackling endemic graft in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin. PHOTO: REUTERS
MOSCOW:
The Kremlin on Monday insisted it was serious about tackling endemic graft in Russia after a top anti-corruption official was busted with over $120 million in cash. Dmitry Zakharchenko, the acting head of an anti-graft agency at the Russian interior ministry, was formally arrested Saturday for receiving “especially large” bribes after police found banknotes worth more than $120 million in a raid on a Moscow flat. A Kremlin spokesman said President Vladimir Putin had been informed about the latest high-profile graft case to rock the country and insisted authorities were cracking down on rampant official graft.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 13th, 2016.
The Kremlin on Monday insisted it was serious about tackling endemic graft in Russia after a top anti-corruption official was busted with over $120 million in cash. Dmitry Zakharchenko, the acting head of an anti-graft agency at the Russian interior ministry, was formally arrested Saturday for receiving “especially large” bribes after police found banknotes worth more than $120 million in a raid on a Moscow flat. A Kremlin spokesman said President Vladimir Putin had been informed about the latest high-profile graft case to rock the country and insisted authorities were cracking down on rampant official graft.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 13th, 2016.