Interesting concept.
Try to think how that would work in Dodge city and apply the same principle.
I envisage a scenario where instead of filling out a complaint form, (If they have such a thing) you are instead asked to accompany the police to the whereabouts of the perpetration whereupon you stand by while the perpetrator explains their side of the story in a language that you (presumably) don't quite understand...that sinking feeling....this isn't going to work out well for me...
Just ny opinion...but the only time I ever had dealings with the police was when I was tapped for 20 dollars.
ha ha Kirkland, I also was shaken down for $20 in Ukraine, maybe by the same cop :)
To the original poster, someone had a similar question not long ago...
Do you want to report a wicked lady perhaps, or a thieving agency?
Ukraine is country that is saturated with criminality and corruption. This is not overstating the case. You can have someone murdered for a few thousand dollars (maybe less today, the economy is horrible there). For lesser amounts, all sorts of "legal processes" can be fixed. As I said in response to the earlier post:
Only a few years ago, the population of Ukraine heard a phone recording of their president, saying that an opponent should be killed. What happened? Nothing.
More recently than that, a presidential candidate (who is still president today, if I recall correctly) was poisoned with dioxin during his campaign. What happened? Nothing.
If a foreigner is having trouble with dating scammers, do you think that any officials will care?
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Well if you have a good lawyer (it means he is good with the court and the police))) you can win the process.
soulfate2 just find an interpreter and go with him to the nearest police office. There you write a complaint and they MUST register it if they find anything criminal in your complaint. Then they start or just pretend that they start the investigation process. If you promise a bounty they will work hard))) I know some foreign guys were successful in it. So, what happened to you?
A little update on lawfulness in Ukraine... overheard in the office of Kiev Connections, where Brett was explaining (to yet another middle-aged American guy) some difficulties of owning an apartment in Kiev. Two of these might be of interest to those who hope that laws will protect them in Ukraine.
The first had to do with possession. I heard Brett say that there are firms (i.e., groups of thugs) that will bully and force their way into desirable apartments, push out the occupants, and change the locks ... for the benefit of a customer who wants the apartment. If the owner tries to defend their rights in court, the new owner claims that they obtained the right to the apartment from a previous resident or owner, perhaps from decades ago -- they will claim that the evicted resident (or whoever the victim bought the apartment from) didn't have rights to the apartment, because of faulty paperwork etc. These claims can all be lies ... but guess how courts work in Ukraine! BTW, the victim also loses his furniture and other possessions.
The second story had to do with the law requiring registration (one must officially tell the police, "I live at this address"). Brett explained that registration can be difficult, and because of this, many people don't register. The American asked (in an amazed tone), "you mean there are Ukrainians living illegally in Ukraine?" At this, all of the ladies working in the office laughed, because Ukrainians living illegally in Ukraine is such a normal situation! Then one of the gals told of a woman who had recently been on TV, because she had just gotten an internal passport (national identity papers) for the first time in her life, at the age of 84. She was legally required to have these papers her whole adult life! She had managed to make through Stalin, WW II, the space race, Gorbachev, Chernobyl, and Ukrainian independence, without ever complying with this basic law. For the TV camera, the old lady explained that she had been too busy to get the papers before.
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