{"id":188181,"date":"2026-05-19T20:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188181\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:47:33","slug":"over-20-forestry-workers-charged-in-corruption-cases","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188181\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 20 forestry workers charged in corruption cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7312.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7312.jpeg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7312-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7312-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7312-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7312-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Forestry ministry&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> More than 20 forestry sector employees are currently defendants in criminal corruption cases, the forestry ministry\u2019s press office reports following an anti-corruption commission meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common charges include bribery and the theft of timber through abuse of official authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the arrested suspects are accused of accepting bribes not only in cash, but also in the form of goods and other material assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some employees have already been dismissed over discrediting conduct, while authorities are still determining the liability of certain managers for failing to properly oversee their subordinates\u2019 activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian judges convicted 657 people of corruption-related crimes last year, 7.3 percent fewer than in 2024, according to the Supreme Court\u2019s data released earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kubrakov_mvd_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kubrakov_mvd_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kubrakov_mvd_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kubrakov_mvd_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kubrakov_mvd_press-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kubrakov_mvd_press.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Interior minister: law enforcers monitoring all sectors for corruption<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 22, Pozirk. Officials in Belarus are \u201cunder scrutiny,\u201d Interior Minister Ivan Kubrako\u016d has stressed during a lecture at the Public Administration Academy. \u201cEveryone should think about what they are doing and how they are doing it,\u201d the ministry\u2019s press &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/184568\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 19, Pozirk. More than 20 forestry sector employees are currently defendants in criminal corruption cases, the forestry ministry\u2019s press office reports following an anti-corruption commission meeting. The most common charges include bribery and the theft of timber through abuse of official authority. 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