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Belarusian prosecutors arrested a current and a former state security officer and a former top Interior Ministry officer Monday, the latest figures to be targeted in what officials say is a widening corruption investigation into the petroleum industry.
Prosecutor General Peter Miklashevich also told reporters that the arrests were connected with the arrest last month of Alexander Borovsky, a top executive with state-owned petrochemical company Belneftekhim. He said Borovsky had been charged with embezzlement, abuse of authority and spreading state secrets.
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Electric New Paper - Singapore
10 August 2006
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IT was a case of the Scorpions
Unfortunately, the Scorpions failed to tell the police about their planned operation at Johannesburg International Airport on Saturday, reported South African newspaper The Star.
As the agents were about to pounce on their target, allegedly a key figure in an international drug smuggling syndicate, they were arrested by airport police.
Said Mr Gerhard Nel, head of the Scorpions: 'We've lost our target and control of the syndicate. We'll have to start again.'
A police spokesman said the police had acted within their rights in arresting the Scorpions' officers on suspicion of themselves being involved in a smuggling ring.
He said: 'The police and the Scorpions are supposed to be partners in the fight against crime, but if they come into an area controlled by the police, they will have to inform us of their presence, and they didn't do that in this case.'
The arrested officers appeared in court on Monday, but the prosecutor dismissed the case, saying the two men had followed the correct procedures in their operation at the airport.
The Scorpions are now looking into the possibility of charging the police with obstruction of justice.
However, the police have maintained that the two agents did not have the correct accreditation to enter the restricted area.
A spokesman added: 'We have the power to arrest anyone we suspect of committing crime. Nobody is above the law.'
INDEPENDENT CRIME-BUSTERS
The Scorpions were established in 1999 in an effort to control South Africa's high levels of organised crime.
When it started, it answered directly to the country's National Prosecuting Authority and the minister of justice, rather than to the police.
However, its independence from the police came into question a few months ago, with the Scorpions accused of exceeding their powers and conducting illegal searches, reported BBC News.
Since then, measures have been introduced that are intended to improve cooperation between the Scorpions and the police.
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