ocr: The deteriorating state of the economy, and a general breakdown in law and order following the collapse of the Soviet system, have ledtoas steady ucrease 111 crime rates. The police suffers from underfunding and has proved unable to control the increase. Corruption 1S now rampant in all areas ofthe economy. The matia is thought to be even more influential in Ulraine than in neighboring Russia. Foreigners are targets for muggings.
