A woman with connections in the regional branch of the Maritime Training and Certification Inspection promised to help a man obtain a training certificate, take exams, and get a seaman's passport for $3,400.

With the assistance of the leadership of the State Service of Maritime and Inland Water Transport, police arrested the woman while she was receiving part of the bribe amounting to $1,700. Cash and a seaman's passport issued in 2022 were seized during the operation.

The offender was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code. She has been charged under part 3 of Article 369-2 (abuse of influence) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison with asset confiscation.

The procedural supervision in this criminal case is carried out by the Primorsky District Prosecutor's Office of Odessa.

Department of Strategic Investigations

National Police of Ukraine