Sunday, June 3, 2007

PGO resumes agency for foreign investments protection

The Prosecutor General Office has resumed the work of the main agency for foreign investments protection, Prosecutor General Sviatoslav Piskun said, by way of speaking at a meeting of the president and foreign investors, diplomats. "This month I've promoted the resumption of the investments protection agency," he said, having noted that since now the issue is being supervised by a specially appointed Deputy Prosecutor General.

According to Piskun, presently the PGO investigates 27 criminal cases on violation of investors' rights. The Prosecutor General also announced the PGO being involved in checking VAT reimbursement facts.