Passengers' baggage stealing at the Moscow airport

Passengers' baggage stealing at the Moscow airport

Employees of one of the largest airports in Russia, the Moscow international airport "Domodedovo", were been convicted of theft of personal property of passengers, who used the airport. According to the "Domodedovo" press service, after the internal investigation suspected employees were fired.

According to the press service, the fact of the theft by terminal employees was recorded by "Domodedovo" security service in April 2011. As a result of unlawful actions of employees was carried out a thorough internal investigation, which resulted in firing of convicted employees.

Documents of the internal investigation were handed over to the Line Department of Internal Affairs (LOVD) "Domodedovo". Airport employees, whose names are not disclosed, who are suspected in theft of personal property of passengers were detained until LOVD clarify the circumstances of the case.

It should be noted that "Domodedovo" airport is the largest Russian airport, which share in Moscow is 46% of the total flights. Air terminal "Domodedovo" is also one of the twenty busiest airports in Europe and receives flights of more than 70 airlines for almost 250 destinations worldwide.

According to the statistics for 2010, "Domodedovo" airport served more than 22 million passengers.

Alesia Belaya

Date: 23/06/2011