The international partners expressed support for the reform complex in the security and defense sector implemented in Ukraine. This theme, among the others, was the objective to discuss during the meeting of Ukraine-NATO Commission at the level of ambassadors, on 15 January in Brussels.
SBU blocked a postal channel of smuggling of psychotropic substances from one of the Benelux counties.
SBU cyber specialists exposed an organized group that stole citizens' money via unauthorized interference in the electronic system of a private postal operator. Part of the funds was transferred to Russian criminals.
The SBU exposed the President of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAASU) on bribe-taking and initiated custody as a type of detention. He is suspected of taking a bribe for assisting in filling the vacancy of NAASU academician.
The Security Service of Ukraine exposed the scheme of export of timber illegally felled in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi regions. During 2020-2021, the organizers exported Carpathian spruce for almost UAH 15 m (USD 536,000).
The SBU exposed corrupt officials of the Emergency Hospital of Zaporizzhia City Council. The participants of the corruption scheme demanded up to UAH 500,000 (USD 18,000) for the medical "services".
The SBU continues systematic purification from corrupt employees. The SBU Department of Internal Security provided operational support to the investigation of the case against a prosecutor and an SBU employee. They are accused of fabrication of criminal proceedings.
In the Lviv region, the Security Service of Ukraine exposed an organized group specializing in the wholesale trade of counterfeit excisable products. During the searches of the warehouses and suspects’ garages, the law enforcement seized almost 400,000 packs of counterfeit cigarettes worth almost UAH 18 m (USD 650,000).
The Security Service of Ukraine exposed the prosecutor of one of the local prosecutor's offices of Zaporizzhia region on bribe-taking. The official extorted money for closing a fabricated criminal case for the repair of social facilities.
The SBU documented an illegal mechanism of enrolling foreign students at a private Ukrainian medical university worth USD 3,000. Every year more than 300 foreigners were enrolled.
The SBU cyber specialists exposed an interregional network of Internet agitators spreading propaganda against Ukraine on behalf of a foreign country. The suspects called for the overthrow of the constitutional order and violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine.