Crime
A man threw a grenade at police officers in Dnipro: four people were injured
In Dnipro, a man threw a grenade at law enforcement officers who had responded to a report of a fight. The attacker was killed in the explosion, and four police officers were injured
A Ukrainian woman attempted to smuggle the tusks of an endangered walrus into Poland. She now faces imprisonment
Polish customs officials discovered two tusks from an Arctic walrus, a species protected under the Washington Convention, in the luggage of a 66-year-old Ukrainian woman. She now faces imprisonment.
In the Lviv region, two forestry officials have been charged with the destruction of over 20,000 trees
Law enforcement officials have notified two officials at the Skole-based forestry subsidiary ‘Galsillis’ that they are under suspicion. According to the investigation, over 20,000 trees were destroyed as a result of illegal logging in the Stryi district, with losses exceeding 112 million hryvnias.
The National Police carried out nearly 60 searches at the premises of representatives of the Medical Examination Commission and expert teams as part of Operation ‘Aesculapius’
The National Police are conducting a large-scale investigation into possible illicit enrichment and false declarations by officials of military medical commissions and expert teams responsible for assessing an individual’s ability to perform daily activities. Law enforcement officers have carried out 58 searches across 16 regions of Ukraine.
In Zakarpattia, three officials from the Transcarpathian Regional Council have been charged with unlawful detention and ill-treatment
Officials from the State Bureau of Investigations have served notices of suspicion on three officials at one of the district recruitment and social support centres in Zakarpattia Oblast. The investigation alleges that they unlawfully detained conscripts and subjected them to ill-treatment.
A former MP and his son have been arrested in Lviv on suspicion of organising a scheme to facilitate travel abroad
In Lviv, law enforcement officers have arrested a former member of a village council in the Zhovkivsky district and his son. According to the investigation, they offered conscripts the option of obtaining a false disability certificate or leaving Ukraine illegally.
The SSU and the National Police have uncovered eight schemes to evade mobilisation in various regions of Ukraine
Law enforcement officers have dismantled eight new schemes designed to evade conscription and have arrested 22 organisers of these schemes. According to the investigation, the suspects offered conscripts forged documents or illegal passage across the border.
A scheme involving the embezzlement of over 11 million hryvnias from the procurement of generators for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been uncovered in the Chernihiv region
Law enforcement officers have exposed officials from a military unit and representatives of contracting companies who are suspected of embezzling public funds during the procurement of generators for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to the investigation, the losses to the state amounted to over 11 million hryvnias.
A network smuggling men to Slovakia for $26,500 has been uncovered in Zakarpattia
Law enforcement officers have arrested members of a group that organised the illegal smuggling of people across the Ukrainian-Slovak border. The organisers received $26,500 from two men in return for their services.
The SSU in Zakarpattia has uncovered the embezzlement of over 100 million hryvnias during the construction of protective works for an electrical substation
Law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme to embezzle public funds allocated for the protection of energy infrastructure in Zakarpattia Oblast. The former head of the regional Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service is implicated in the case.
A record 522 kilograms of cocaine, hidden amongst bananas, has been seized in Hungary
Hungarian law enforcement officials have reported the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history. Over half a tonne of the drug was discovered in a consignment of bananas that had arrived from Ecuador via Germany.
A network involved in the production and sale of forged documents has been uncovered in the Kyiv region
Law enforcement officers have dismantled a large-scale operation in the Kyiv region involving the production and sale of forged documents. Fifteen people have been charged in connection with the case, and six suspects have been arrested.
