As COVID-19 Toll Surges, Ukraine Cracks Down on Fake Vaccination Certificates

As COVID-19 Toll Surges, Ukraine Cracks Down on Fake Vaccination Certificates
Police officers conduct an investigation while standing in front of a doctor, who as police say is involved in falsifying of COVID-19 vaccination certificates the Khmelnytsky region, on Oct. 26, 2021. Press Service of the National Police of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters
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KYIV—The Ukrainian police video shows a doctor seated at his desk while a masked officer counts bundles of cash found stashed in the office: $12,000 worth in total.

The televised raid this week on a doctor’s surgery in the Khmelnytsky region is one of hundreds of criminal investigations publicised by the authorities in a clampdown on a flourishing black market in forged vaccine and COVID-19 test documents.