In Kharkiv region, the Security Service of Ukraine, jointly with “Southern Railway”, the regional branch of Ukrzaliznytsia, prevented inflicting millions of state losses during the open tender.

The South Railway announced a tender for the purchase of equipment for rolling stock in last June. The total amount of contracts for the delivery of components was supposed to be more than UAH 2,800,000 (USD 100,000). At the same time, according to the results of the audit initiated by the SBU and the management of Ukrzaliznytsia regional branch, gross violations of the terms of the tender were revealed. In particular, the competing firms did not provide documents on technical conditions for the manufacture of products, distributor certificates and other documentation.

Trading is now canceled. Thanks to the timely intervention and interaction of law enforcement officers and the management of the public factory, millions of economic losses to the state were prevented. In addition, the potential threat of emergencies in railway transport and disruption of the stable functioning of the industry has been eliminated. Such cooperation between the Security Service and the public sector of the economy demonstrates the introduction of new standards in the work of the Ukrainian special service - to react not to abuse, but to act proactively and consolidated.