The Rostov police carry out massive searches. Investigators suspect that members of the public order unit have been receiving kickbacks from local contractors for several years.
The riot police are already calm, everything is working as usual. During searches, the entrance to the territory was closed. Now the investigative commission is conducting more than 40 searches at the places of service and residence of the suspects.
In the first half of the day, more than 20 people were evacuated from the headquarters building. Each of them is suspected of having accepted bribes. The group was exposed with the support of the FSB. As stated in the Investigative Committee, the criminal community has been operating in Rostov-on-Don for more than eight years.
“It consisted of officials from the main department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Rostov region and residents of the region. According to the investigation, the community was headed by Dmitry Rybalko, former deputy chief of police for the protection of public order of the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Rostov-on-Don » , said Svetlana Petrenko, official representative. of the IC RF.
It was Dmitry Rybalko, according to investigators, that the accomplices monthly transferred the money collected from the owners of outlets. The traders paid for the fact that the employees of the Ministry of the Interior turned a blind eye to the violations they committed.
Presumably, the police have organized a criminal community. Their victims were ordinary entrepreneurs. The extortionists even set a special fee from three to 50 thousand rubles per month. The amount varied depending on the number of shops and stalls owned by the entrepreneur. According to preliminary data, customers received 25 million rubles from those who bought the opportunity to work quietly.
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