The SSU and the National Police detained a man who threw a Molotov cocktail at a house of the Deputy Head of the President’s Office responsible for European integration. No one was injured. Law enforcement officers are investigating who is behind the act and what their motives are.
The SSU CI exposed a large-scale illegal production, misappropriation and export of components for combat aircraft to Russia. The offenders stole military goods during their production at a state-owned defenсe enterprise in Kharkiv region.
In Kyiv, the SSU conducted a special operation and caught two employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) red-handed while giving a bribe. At the request of a businessman, they were to bribe an employee of prosecutor’s office to ‘resolve an issue’.
The SSU exposed Municipal Guard public utilities company in Kyiv on illegal activity. Over 2019-2020, the officials caused damage to Kyiv City budget worth over UAH 4,6 m. (USD 175,122).
The SSU exposed an illicit non-bank money transfer scheme. The network’s office in Kyiv specialized in shadow money transfers to and from the occupied Crimea. Millions of US dollars passed through the scam.
During a special operation in Kirovohrad region, the SSU dismantled an organized criminal group. The offenders intimidated and extorted money from residents of Oleksandriia. Violence and death threats were used against the victims.
The SSU continues to crack down on transnational organized crime that poses a threat to state security. During a large-scale special operation in Sumy region, the Service dismantled a 50-strong criminal group.
The SSU continues to combat large-scale smuggling that poses a threat to Ukraine’s state security. In Odesa, the Service dismantled an international transit channel for smuggling of large consignments of tobacco products to the EU.
Following the SSU CI investigation, Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Chernivtsi sentenced a militant of the DNR terrorist organization in absentia to 10 years in prison.