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Vilnius deputy mayor suspected of taking large bribe
Petras Vaida, BC, Vilnius, 28.09.2012.
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Print versionVilnius Deputy Mayor Romas Adomavicius might have taken a LTL 30,000 (EUR 8,700) bribe.
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Vilnius Department of the Special Investigation Service (STT) has launched a pre-trial investigation, writes LETA/ELTA.
Available data shows that the bribe was taken for a promise to influence staff of a Vilnius municipal company so that they would make a favourable decision in a public tender worth LTL 8 million (EUR 2.3 million).
Under the Criminal Code of Lithuania, from July 5 of 2011 such actions are considered a serious crime which carries a sentence from 2 to 8 years imprisonment.
The investigation is carried out by prosecutors of Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Department at Vilnius Regional Prosecutor's Office.
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