Through the Ukrainian border is smuggled all commodity you can gain. From cigarettes and iPhones to perfume and food. In addition, transports declared to be "humanitarian aid" are being used. In 2023, the State Customs Service carried out an inspection of 9 1000 thus marked transports and concluded that about 1 3rd of them carried another goods and than those presented in the documents. At the same time, the State Customs Service is simply a Ukrainian institution classified in the polls as the most corrupt and with the least public confidence**. This is due to the survey study "Corruption in Ukraine 2023", which was published by the Ukrainian National Agency for Corruption Prevention.
