According to the SBU, a criminal who sold weapons and ammunition to organized crime members in the grey market was sentenced to imprisonment. Law enforcement officers detained the criminal last May during a special operation in the Kirovohrad region.
Since early 2021, the SBU has opened 328 criminal proceedings related to encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, creation of terrorist groups or organizations.
In Luhansk region, the SBU discovered a cache of artillery ammunition for armored vehicles, equipped by militants involved in combat actions against ATO forces in 2014.
The Security Service of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region blocked the illegal activities of local state enforcement officers. It is documented that they misappropriated funds from the deposit and imprest accounts of the government institution.
The SBU exposed drug trafficking via Boryspil International Airport. Drug dealers imported cocaine to Ukraine from one of the Latin American countries. Members of an international criminal group set up a vast network of drug couriers.
Lysychansk City Court of Luhansk region convicted a FSB agent who collected information on Ukrainian developments in missile industry. The criminal was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment for treason.
The SBU exposed and suppressed activity of an agent network of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in Kherson region.
The SBU cyber specialists neutralized more than 1,000 cyber-attacks and incidents on the resources of government bodies and critical infrastructure during the first half of 2021.
The SBU exposed one of the mayors in the Kirovohrad region on corruption. The official set up a scheme to receive bribes for not creating artificial barriers during land privatization.