Thirteen Danish public employees nabbed for alleged bribery: police
Xinhua, June 9, 2015 Adjust font size:
Thirteen Danish public employees were arrested on Tuesday for alleged bribery, Danish police said.
Police on Tuesday morning raided 17 different addresses on the Danish island of Zealand as part of an investigation into a case that public employees received bribes from private suppliers in exchange for information technology (IT) contracts with the region.
Employees of Region Zealand and persons linked to two IT suppliers were arrested, as well as an employee of the Danish National Police, South Zealand and Lolland-Falster Police said in a press release.
Moreover, a large amount of IT equipment that may contain evidence of the alleged bribes was seized.
"The case has a very high priority," said Lene Frank, head of South Zealand and Lolland-Falster Police, adding that cases involving bribery were rare in Denmark.
"Corruption and bribery is unacceptable and it is also the reason that the police take this case very seriously," Frank said.
According to prosecutor Soeren Martin Jensen, between five and six people would be presented in hearings on Tuesday.
He said it was possible that there would be more arrests as the questioning had not yet finished.
The arrests came just days after Denmark was ranked as the world's least corrupt country by the World Justice Project. Endit