FM announces crusade against customs corruption

The Ministry also wants entrepreneurs to support the actions. "We can reduce the corruption of customs officers but we have to have support from the business," said Wiesław Czyżowicz, the head of Customs Service and the deputy Finance Minister. “Entrepreneurs say that the curruption of customs officers is a serious problem for them but nobody speaks about concrete cases.” He appealed to businessmen to reveal the cases of customs officers' corruption and provide evidence. However, representatives of entrepreneurs criticized the proposal. "It is a disastrous proposal. One cannot make secret agents out of businessmen," stated Julia Pitera, the president of Transparency Polska. "An entrepreneur is to run a business and not inform, thus replacing the customs control services," added Andrzej Gartner, the head of the Polish Federation of Food Producers. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1,3) E.B.