The SBU suppresses activity of an organized group selling psychotropic drugs and precursors in Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions. The seized consignment of drugs is worth almost UAH 5 m (USD 178 876) on the black market.
The SBU is conducting large-scale multi-stage anti-terrorism exercise in Kherson region. The drills encompass a sea coastal area of the region and an administrative border with the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.
Since the beginning of the year, SBU cyber specialists localized almost 350 potential threats to the information security of our state. 35 hackers and hostile propagandists were prosecuted, 14 criminals were sentenced.
The SBU blocked channels for smuggling tobacco products from Russia and separatist-held territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO). The law enforcement confiscated wholesale batches of tobacco and tobacco products worth almost UAH 4 m (USD 143,000).
SBU investigators documented regular violation of the rules of international flights by Russian airlines. According to the SBU findings, the court arrested 12 more planes illegally flying to annexed Crimea.
Since the beginning of 2021, SBU investigations helped to convict 72 criminals involved in large-scale corruption and organized crime, primarily transnational. Law enforcement neutralized 44 criminal groups that posed a threat to state security, and detained 305 suspects who will stand trial.
The SBU detained the head of the criminal police office of one of the Kyiv police departments for bribery.
SBU cyber specialists helped to convict the so-called DNR Deputy Minister of Information who was accused of committing crimes against the Ukraine's national security.
The SBU detained a former “LNR” official. She was the head of the so-called Department of Culture, Youth and Sports in the city of Dovzhansk, which is temporarily occupied by terrorists. The SBU is going to serve a suspicion notice to the detainee.
The SBU documented corruption organized by officials of the Odesa Railway regional branch of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia. According to preliminary data, the offenders misappropriated almost UAH 1.5 million (USD 53,571) a month.
As a result of the SBU investigation, an offender involved in kidnapping and murder of the Revolution of Dignity participants was served a suspicion notice.