Crime
The murder of Portnov in Spain: Ukraine joins the joint investigation
Ukraine and Spain are setting up a joint international investigation team to investigate the murder of Andriy Portnov, the former deputy head of the administration of the fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych. According to Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, the Ukrainian side has already handed over to the Spanish judicial authorities all the documents required to launch the JIT.
The SSU and the National Police have detained five pro-Russian campaigners in various regions
In several regions of Ukraine, law enforcement officers have detained five people suspected of spreading pro-Russian propaganda. They called for shelling and the seizure of Ukrainian territory.
A tax evasion scheme involving international transport has been uncovered in Zakarpattia
In the Zakarpattia region, detectives from the State Bureau of Investigations have uncovered a tax evasion scheme involving the organisation of international coach services. This is said to have caused losses amounting to millions to the state budget.
The National Police in the Ternopil region have uncovered a scheme involving the illegal trafficking of weapons
In the Ternopil region, law enforcement officers carried out a large-scale special operation to combat the illegal trafficking of weapons. Following the investigation, seven individuals were served with notices of suspicion.
The State Security Service in Cherkasy region has uncovered an illegal cigarette factory
In the Cherkasy region, law enforcement officers have uncovered an illegal cigarette factory. According to the National Police, the illegal operation was capable of producing up to 50,000 packets of cigarettes a day.
In Zaporizhzhia, a police officer fired his weapon during an attack (VIDEO)
In Zaporizhzhia, a patrol officer fired his service weapon during an attack on law enforcement officers. Investigators are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
The SSU has explained the detention of a NABU employee at a checkpoint near Sumy
The Security Service of Ukraine has stated that the check carried out on a National Anti-Corruption Bureau employee at a checkpoint near Sumy was due to the need for further verification. The NABU had previously claimed that the detention of their employee was unfounded.
Tymoshenko’s complaint regarding the search will be heard by the judge presiding over the Knyazev case: full details
Supreme Court Justices Iryna Hryhorieva, Oleksandr Marchuk and Viacheslav Nastavnyi have opened proceedings in response to Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal against the High Anti-Corruption Court’s ruling legalising emergency searches. The Centre for Procedural Law states that such a decision could call into question the evidence obtained during the search.
Selective monitoring, questionable appointments and trips abroad: what the country’s chief financial intelligence officer is accused of
The State Financial Monitoring Service is a body that is supposed to act as the country’s financial intelligence agency, identifying flows of funds used for terrorist financing and money laundering. Instead, the agency has found itself at the centre of high-profile scandals.
Hidden cigarettes were found in boilers at the border with Romania
At the ‘Porubne–Siret’ border crossing, customs officers discovered tobacco products hidden inside electric water heaters during a vehicle inspection. The cigarettes did not bear Ukrainian excise stamps.
The director of NABU avoided punishment for bribing voters by registering as the child’s father under false pretences – a former MP has released the child’s mother’s testimony
Semen Kryvonos, Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, adopted a boy to avoid punishment for bribing voters, and then gave him up. This was stated by Boryslav Bereza, a Member of Parliament of the 8th convocation, who published a video featuring the child’s mother on his YouTube channel.
The Supreme Court has upheld Tabachnik’s conviction for treason
The former education minister under Yanukovych has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and had his assets confiscated for collaborating with Russia during the war.
