KIEV: Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it had arrested the deputy health minister for allegedly running a bribery scheme that saw patients pay extra money for operations and other essential treatment.
Deputy Health Minister Roman Vasylyshyn becomes the most prominent figure detained since the appointment of a new government in April in the wake of a graft scandal.
Critics argue that the former Soviet republic has been running a losing battling against embezzlement and bribe-taking by both politicians and oligarchs with close ties to senior cabinet figures and even the presidential administration.
“We were shocked by what the deputy health minister was …read more
Source: The News International
