About 80% of Ukrainian motor vehicles are stolen in Volyn. This was stated yesterday to journalists by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Hennadii Moskal, while on a visit to Volyn Oblast. \n \n \nBefore the official's arrival, a special criminal intelligence team had been working in the oblast. Based on the results of its work, the ministry concluded that the performance of their duties by Volyn law enforcement officers was extremely unsatisfactory. According to Hennadii Moskal, the situation here is one of the worst in the state – there were four gang groups under the "cover" of the militia, 59 crimes in the sphere of official activity were recorded, 13 instances of bribery, cases of smuggling transported under the escort of law enforcement officers, flourishing trade in women, infants and donor organs. \n \nOver the past two months, 5,404 reports of crimes were submitted to territorial law enforcement agencies. "The militia cannot even bring order with mobile phone thieves," the deputy minister stated. "The oblast is small, everything is in plain sight, and there is no order. So how can one cope in such 'million-strong' areas as Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast? I have three answers as to why law enforcement officers coexist peacefully with criminal groups: they are afraid, they are not professionally trained, or they are 'protecting' them, which is the impression that most develops." \n \nIt also became known that on \nMarch 1, re-certification of Ministry of Internal Affairs employees in the oblast began. If matters do not improve, then the leadership of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs directorate will be changed. Let us recall that Mykhailo Lebed was recently appointed head of this department in Volyn. \n \n