In city of Kyiv, the SBU blocked activity of an organized group specialized in the preparation and sale of drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors. Allegedly, the offenders’ monthly “profit” was almost UAH 70 m (USD 2.5m).
“Since 2014, the SBU has initiated 16,643 criminal proceedings for treason and terrorism,” said the SBU Head Ivan Bakanov after a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.
It was documented that offenders set up a large-scale illegal scheme for the circulation and sale of low-quality petroleum products. In this way the perpetrators deliberately avoided paying taxes. The illegal activity caused large-scale losses to the state budget.
The operatives established that the offender organized a scheme of obtaining money from the head of an agricultural company. For the illegal benefit, he “guaranteed” the entrepreneur to transfer 15 hectares of the university land without the appropriate permits.
The SBU jointly with the Road Service in Kharkiv region prevented UAH 1 billion (USD 36 m) state losses. A scam was planned by managers of a foreign company during road works.
In Rivne region, the SBU blocked smuggling of illegally mined raw amber. During the searches, 260 kilos of amber worth almost UAH 2 m (USD 70,000) were seized.
The SBU uncovered and blocked an illegal scheme of misappropriation of the lands of Odesa Commercial Sea Port. Thanks to the efforts of the law enforcement , the state-owned berths of the port with a total area of 3.5 hectares remained in state ownership. The estimated value of the land plots is about USD 2 m.
The SBU neutralized the activities of organized drug groups in Zhytomyr and Rivne regions. The perpetrators set up a drug trafficking channel to prisons, and used the “profit” to support criminal circles.
The SBU Main Investigation Department initiated a pre-trial investigation upon the fact of treason in the period from 2008 to 2010. Criminal proceedings were initiated against public officials.
The SBU Main Investigation Department initiated a pre-trial investigation upon the fact of committing subversive actions by officials of PJSC “Donetskoblgaz”, which led to the shutdown of 58 boilers of the regional utility company in the JFO Zone.
The SBU exposed an illegal scheme of financing the Russian occupation administration in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region. The organizers illegally sent to the aggressor country the products of the Ukrainian enterprise seized by the IAF.
In Chernihiv region, the SBU blocked illegal mining of minerals for more than UAH 19 m (USD 670,000).