In the village of Solonka, located in the Pustomyty district, there is a local impound lot, and now the prosecutor's office has taken an interest in it. It is noteworthy that the fact of the cars' disappearance was only revealed now, although some of them had been standing here since 1997, and some even since the early nineties.
Probably, they would never have found out about the shortage if the lot had not been decided to be disbanded. Of the 250 units of equipment listed on the balance sheet, employees were able to show less than half. Another 70 cars were found in various places, including at scrap metal collection points. The rest of the cars disappeared without a trace.
It is no secret that across the country, the trade in spare parts, and sometimes entire cars from impound lots, has long been put on stream. Old cars and cars after accidents are sent to special holding areas, where they are gradually dismantled and sold off in parts. And from well-kept examples, they make "doubles" — they tamper with the numbers and sell them off the books.
Owners of expensive cars are offered to buy them back for 200–500 dollars without unnecessary bureaucracy, or, conversely, they are paid the same 200–500 dollars for documents when the amount of debt for storage becomes astronomical. According to estimates by "experts," employees of the Lviv impound lot could have "earned" about 30–50 thousand dollars on the missing cars. It is clear that the local management is aware of such a "business" and would gladly hush up this scandal.
In a recent TSN report, it is clearly visible how at state impound lots, guards extort money from vehicle owners, not shying away from outright criminal methods.
