Over 230 searches across 20 regions: Ukraine dismantles drug cartel
The law enforcement officials conducted over 230 searches across 20 regions of Ukraine, during which they discovered and dismantled 19 drug laboratories.
Crime
17 October 2024
Security operatives arrest Russian spy in Pokrovsk area
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian intelligence asset who is believed to have been spying on the defense forces in the Pokrovsk axis.
16 October 2024
SBU detains Ukrenergo employee for leaking sensitive information
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has documented the subversive activities of an official from the Ukrenergo who allegedly justified Russia’s armed aggression.
SBU nabs Mykolaiv man spying for Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine detained in the city of Mykolaiv a Russian asset who is believed to have been coordinating missile and drone attacks on the city.
15 October 2024
Rector of university in Zakarpattia detained for corruption schemes involving draft-age men – source
In Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia), the rector of one of the region’s universities has been detained for organizing a scheme involving fictitious admission to the university of 300 draft-age men.
Rector of university in Russian-occupied Luhansk to be tried as collaborator
The rector of Luhansk State Agrarian University will be tried as a collaborator for training personnel for the Russian agricultural sector and military forces.
Four judges from Crimea sentenced to imprisonment
Four judges from temporarily occupied Crimea have been sentenced to 13 years in prison with property confiscation for betraying their oath to the Ukrainian people and joining the unlawful judicial bodies of the occupying state.
LPR militants to face trial for torturing residents of Izium district
Prosecutors have filed an indictment against five militants from the terrorist group LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) and a serviceman of the Russian National Guard who tortured and abused civilians in Izium district of Kharkiv region.
Juvenile arsonists detained in Chernihiv region
Law enforcement officers have detained a group of teenagers who, on orders from the Russian intelligence services, set fire to Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian railway) relay cabinets in Chernihiv area.
French political scientist sentenced to three years in Russian prison
A Moscow court has sentenced French political scientist Laurent Vinatier to three years in prison on charges of gathering military-related information without registering as a ‘foreign agent’.
14 October 2024
Diplomatic missions tighten security measures amid mass bomb threats – MFA
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha has ordered to tighten security measures following a wave of anonymous bomb threat emails received by more than 60 Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad, with the number of incidents continuing to rise.
SBU detains Russian agents installing hidden cameras near military facility
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two agents of Russian intelligence services who were coordinating enemy strikes in Poltava and Sumy regions.
13 October 2024
Wave of emailed bomb threats rolls across Austria
Since late September, the Austrian police have received more than a dozen anonymous emails in which a perpetrator announced a plotted bomb attack targeting civil infrastructure, primarily rail stations.
Illegal channel for transporting draft dodgers abroad shut down in Transcarpathia
In Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia), authorities dismantled a channel for the illegal transportation of military-age men to Hungary.
12 October 2024
Ukraine’s border guards release update on tackling human trafficking
Since the outset of the full-scale war, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has exposed 630 “organized criminal groups” specializing in illegally trafficking people across the border.
In occupied Mariupol, Russia increasingly using seaport to expand cargo transportation
In Mariupol, the Ukrainian port city on the Sea of Azov that has been captured by the Russian invasion army, the enemy is increasingly exploiting port infrastructure to expand the volume or transportation, including of military cargo.
Court rules to lock Russian artillery spotter up for life
An FSB asset who had been sending the enemy data on the location of Ukrainian Army positions during the battle of Bakhmut was sentenced to life in prison.
11 October 2024
SBI forwards to court case of treason committed by MPs, ex-prosecutor
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has forwarded to court a case of treason committed by members of a criminal organization that included MPs and a former prosecutor.
08 October 2024
Ex-chief of mining and processing plant found dead in Kryvyi Rih - media
The body of Dmytro Shevchyk, former director of the Central Mining and Processing Plant, was found at one of the recreation centers in the Kryvyi Rih district. The police scrambled to the scene.
06 October 2024
Court to determine pretrial measure for head of Khmelnytskyi MSEC
On October 7, the Pechersk Court in Kyiv will decide on a pretrial measure for Tetiana Krupa, head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Medical-Social Expert Commission (MSEC), who had nearly six million dollars seized during a search.
05 October 2024
SBU neutralizes criminal group specializing in schemes for draft dodgers
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has neutralized a large criminal group that specialized in schemes for draft dodgers. As a result of comprehensive measures in Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, 14 criminals involved in the schemes were detained.
04 October 2024
Energoatom sacks senior manager earlier charged for bribery
National Nuclear Energy Generation Company Energoatom fired its senior manager Oleksandr Skopych, who was exposed in an anti-corruption raid.
Ukraine’s anti-graft watchdog hands reward to whistleblower, in first
The National Agency for Corruption Prevention made the first ever payment to a whistleblower who, serving as an MoD internal audit department chief, tipped the agency about a private company management approaching him with a UAH 24 million bribe offer in 2021.
Exposed: Army deserter turns into Russian accomplice
The Security Service detained an asset of Russia’s military intelligence who is believed to have been coordinating airstrikes targeting Vinnytsia and Sumy regions.
01 October 2024
Chief of Russian spy network in southern Ukraine sentenced to life in prison
In the case initiated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the head of the Russian HUMINT ring run by the Russian FSB, which operated in the Zaporizhzhia region, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Ukraine, Czechia nab phone scam gang in joint probe
Ukrainian and Czech law enforcement, with the support of Eurojust, exposed an international scam ring that targeted victims across the EU via call centers.
30 September 2024
Police shut down channel for draft dodgers in Odesa region
In Odesa region, law enforcement officials have shut down a channel that allowed draft dodgers to leave the country under the guise of truck drivers.
29 September 2024
Classified documents suggest Navalny could be poisoned while in prison - media
Journalists obtained access to "hundreds" of documents related to the death of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. Among the bulk, information was found indicating his possible poisoning.
Energoatom confirms detention of company official on bribery charges
NNEGC Energoatom has confirmed the detention of an official of the company while receiving an illegal benefit.