The SBU officers blocked activities of illegal call centers. Representing “well-known brokerage companies”, the offenders extorted money from the EU and CIS citizens. The victims wanted to benefit from the stock market.
In city of Dnipro, the SBU CI detained an agent of the so-called MGB DNR, a terrorists’ “special service”. The offender was gathering intelligence about Ukrainian military units deployed in the region.
The SBU cyber specialists blocked the scheme of unauthorized interference in the database of law enforcement and supervisory bodies. Among the organizers of the group are government officials who sold classified information to their customers.
In city of Dnipro, the SBU blocked activity of an illegal conversion center. The turnover of the center is several hundred million UAH. The organizers reduced taxes for a number of enterprises in the region. The illegal activity caused losses to the state budget in particularly large amounts.
The SBU blocked illegal import of tobacco products at Odesa International Airport. SBU officers found 100,000 packs of cigarettes with an estimated value of more than UAH 3 m. (USD 107,142).
The SBU found three caches in Luhansk region arranged by militants. Among the seized: warheads for Smerch multiple rocket launcher and over 30 kg of explosives.
During the pre-trial investigation, SBU officers established that the head and his deputy extorted money from developers. Law enforcement documented that for USD 25,000 and UAH 700,000 (USD 25,000), the officials guaranteed the businessmen winning in the land auction. For this sum, officials promised to sign a lease agreement for a land plot (total area is 12 hectares) for the construction of apartment buildings.
SBU cyberexperts blocked activity of a bot farm spreading false information about our state. The illegal activity was financed from Russia. Recorded fake accounts totaled more than 5 thousand.
In Odesa, the SBU blocked smuggling of unlicensed psychotropic drugs from Russia to our country. Searches discovered banned drugs worth more than UAH 1 million (USD 36,018).
The SBU announced suspicion to a pro-Russian agitator and spin doctor. He publicly discredited Ukraine’s subjectivity and called for its official extinction.
The Security Service of Ukraine blocked smuggling of illegally manufactured amber products in Rivne region. During the searches, the law enforcement found amber and amber products worth almost UAH 2,5 m (USD 90,000).
In Zhytomyr region, the SBU blocked the activity of an organized group, forging documents for foreigners for their further departure to the EU. Among the clients were persons who illegally arrived from countries of high terrorist risk.