http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache...&ct=clnk&cd=10
http://www.worldbank.org/transitionn...b99/pgs6-7.htm
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache...ct=c lnk&cd=4
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_...3/Ukraine.html (at Social issues)
Crime is rampant, especially corruption, with much economic activity controlled by m a f i a clans based in industrial centers such as Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and the cities of Crimea. The influence of organized crime often reaches into the highest levels of government.
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache... t=clnk&cd=25
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache...n&ct=clnk&cd=2
http://www.ukrainefare.com/avt.php
http://wikitravel.org/en/Ukraine
(Crime Issues
Try not to publicize the fact that you're a foreigner - by clothing or otherwise. With the exception of Kiev, Odesa and a few other large cities, foreign tourists are quite rare. You may get robbed. )
And the list can go on and on ... Avoid that country!