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Former Far Eastern customs official gets 12 years in jail for taking bribes

A court has sentenced the former first deputy of the Far Eastern Directorate of the Federal Customs Service Sergey Fedorov to 12 years in prison for taking bribes in the amount of more than 34 million rubles.

14:44 24.08.2021

Ex-chief of customs in Leningrad Region challenges seizure of assets in graft case

A former chief of the Kingisepp customs in Russia’s Leningrad Region, Sergey Slepukhin, who stands charged with taking bribes, has challenged a court ruling on seizure of assets worth over 30 million rubles (over $400,000).

13:44 26.05.2021

Ex-customs officer sentenced to 7 years in prison for tobacco exports machinations

Former St. Petersburg Baltic customs inspector Alexander Zharin was found guilty of taking 51 bribes in the amount of $178,500 for falsifying documents related to the export of tobacco products; the man was sentenced to 7 years in a strict regime colony.

16:09 26.03.2021

Trial of ex-customs official charged with abuse of office to begin in late March

Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court will proceed with an abuse of office case involving ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk and his alleged accomplices on March 26.

17:48 19.03.2021

Investigators seek to detain regional customs official on abuse of office allegations

Investigators seek to place Ildar Saidov, the chief of the Customs in Astrakhan, a southern Russian city situated in the delta of the Volga River, in detention until May 12 as part of a case over abuse of office.

15:06 16.03.2021

St. Petersburg ex-customs officer detained on bribery charges

A former chief of a department of the St. Petersburg Customs Oleg Gusev was ordered to be put in detention on Monday as part of a bribery case.

15:17 15.03.2021

Detention of ex-customs official in abuse of office case extended for month

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk and other defendants in a case over abuse of office until December 22.

15:40 17.11.2020

Moscow Customs official charged with corruption

Investigators have brought bribery charges against a deputy director of the Moscow Customs Sergey Tsukanov.

10:59 26.10.2020

Russia’s authorities seize hair of students Norwegian scientist tried to transport abroad

Russia’s authorities have seized hair of 76 female students Norwegian scientist Yngvar Thomassen attempted to transport abroad for carrying out an analysis thereof in Scotland.

16:40 26.08.2020

Ex-customs official denied release from detention in case over abuse of power

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow refused to put ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk charged with abuse of office under house arrest and extended his detention until November 22.

14:48 20.08.2020

Prosecutors seek to forfeit $1.6 mln from ex-customs official accused of abuse of power

Prosecutors on Friday lodged a motion with Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court seeking to forfeit to the state assets worth over 121 million rubles (over $1.6 million) belonging to ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk and his wife.

13:32 31.07.2020

Inquiry powers of Russia’s customs and border services may be extended

The government has backed a bill extending the customs and border services’ powers of inquiry of certain criminal cases over smuggling, according to a statement of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers.

14:24 05.06.2020

Investigators seek to detain three more customs officials as part of abuse of office case

Investigators on Wednesday filed a motion to detain three new defendants in a criminal case over abuse of power in the Federal Customs Service’s bodies.

13:24 25.12.2019

Investigators seek to detain Russian customs official charged with abuse of power

Investigators on Tuesday lodged a motion to detain the chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk as part of a case over abuse of power.

13:36 24.12.2019

Compensation proposed for families of fallen penitentiary, customs and fire-safe officers

The Justice Ministry is drafting a bill on monthly compensations for families of officers of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Federal Customs Service and State Fire-Fighting Service, who have died in the line of duty.

10:47 08.11.2019

St. Petersburg court puts customs station chief under house arrest in antique bribery case

A court in St. Petersburg has placed a chief of a customs terminal of the Baltic Customs Service under house arrest as part of a case over receiving bribes for providing a free importation channel for undeclared antiques from Europe.

13:18 07.11.2019

Chief of customs station arrested in St. Petersburg as part of antiques smuggling case

A chief of a customs terminal of the Baltic Customs Service has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes for providing a free importation channel for undeclared antiques from Europe.

10:51 06.11.2019

Over 2,600 customs claims heard by Russian commercial courts in first half of 2019

Russian commercial courts considered over 2,600 cases related to the execution of customs legislation in the first half of 2019.

13:56 31.10.2019

Businessman sentenced to 9 years for bribing Moscow customs officer

A businessman has been sentenced to 9 years in high security prison for giving a bribe to a Moscow customs employee for getting rid of customs formalities.

16:16 25.10.2019

Russia’s Finance Ministry seeks broader criminal investigation powers for Customs

Russia’s Finance Ministry has developed a bill aimed to empower the customs authorities to carry out investigations of a range of criminal cases related to smuggling of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.

15:58 20.08.2019