Poroshenko gives law enforcement two weeks to tackle amber mining

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has given law enforcement agencies two weeks to address illegal amber mining, a scandal that has dominated the press for over a year.

“Два тижні даю силовикам для ліквідації кришування на ділянках видобутку бурштину.

90 % бурштину в Україні видобувається нелегально за кришуванням правоохоронних органів. Під’їду без охорони на одну з трьох західних областей і покажу, яким чином і хто кришує беззаконня!”, - says Poroshenko on his internet page. (I am giving the security services two weeks to eliminate the protection of illegal amber mining sites. 90% of amber in Ukraine is mined illegally under the protection of law enforcement agencies. I will go without security to one of the three western regions and show how and who is protecting this lawlessness!)

According to rumours, it was precisely over amber mining that Sasha Bily was killed.