President Saakashvili raised concerns on April 5 over the high corruption rate at the customs, saying that he has given a week term to the Interior Ministry and the General Prosecutor’s Office to study the situation there.
“As far as I know, particular officials still continue taking bribes there. It seems, they fail to understand our attitude in this regard. I demand to arrest those persons, who still take bribes at the customs,” President Saakashvili said at a government session on April 5.
He welcomed the activities of the law-enforcements agencies “against criminals and corrupted officials,” however added “much is still to be done in fighting corruption.”