To date, the proceedings of investigators of the Volyn Regional Prosecutor's Office include 13 criminal cases regarding the illegal customs clearance of cars in the region. This was reported by the prosecutor of Volyn, Andriy Hil, who, together with the chief policeman of the region, Mykhailo Lebed, held a press conference yesterday. \n \nAccording to the prosecutor, over the past two to three weeks, employees of the Lutsk prosecutor's office were checking the Lutsk MREV. Here they discovered facts of illegal legalization, during August 2004, of 17 Toyota-Lexus cars of 2003-2004 manufacture, and losses from non-payment of payments to the state budget, which amounted to one million 700 thousand hryvnias. The joint work of the police and prosecutor's office produced results. According to Hil, yesterday prosecutor's office employees together with UBOP officers arrested four heads of MREVs of Volyn. Prior to this, criminal cases were opened against seven customs employees who were involved both in the illegal legalization of transport in Volyn and in the smuggling of goods across the state border. Criminal cases have been opened against all these officials on the grounds of abuse of official position. \n \nIn addition, in June, employees of the regional prosecutor's office were checking the commercial firm "Skif," which was registered in the territory of the Lyuboml district. They established that, having carried out fictitious transactions worth almost 800 million hryvnias, the enterprise illegally received from the state value-added tax reimbursements in the amount of 140 million hryvnias. A criminal case has also been opened on this fact, which is currently being investigated. \n