Crime
Police uncover new branch of international fraud call centre causing millions in losses to EU citizens
Ukrainian law enforcement officers have exposed another branch of a transnational call centre that defrauded EU citizens of more than 100 million hryvnias under the guise of investments.
Manhattan prosecutors overwhelmed by review of materials in Epstein case
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York are forced to review millions of files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, which is slowing down work on other high-profile cases.
Millions lost in tender fraud and corruption: activists accuse Deputy Director of the ESBU Belousov and his brother
In Kamensk, the struggle between activists and local authorities has been ongoing for several years. Activists claim that they are being physically destroyed - their cars are being burned, cases are being fabricated against them, and their families are constantly being threatened.
The case involving the disappearance of counterfeit cigarettes worth over half a million dollars was concluded with agreements with businessmen.
The High Administrative Court of Ukraine approved agreements with entrepreneurs in the case of the disappearance of 3.6 million packs of cigarettes, while former Odessa police officers avoided punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.
A Kyiv resident demanded nearly half a million dollars from a businessman by staging a hunting accident.
The man was detained while receiving part of the funds for promising to conceal a fictitious crime.
Corruption in the State Border Guard Service: NABU and SAP exposed a bribery scheme for smuggling to the EU
Anti-corruption authorities announced the exposure of senior officials of the State Border Service who, in 2023, received hundreds of thousands of euros for allowing contraband cigarettes to cross the border unhindered.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained Russian intelligence agents who were recording the aftermath of the strike on Lviv region
The SSU counterintelligence service exposed two GRU agents who, after the missile strike in January 2026, were sent to collect data on the destruction of civilian infrastructure in the Lviv region.
How far can a scam go: what threatens a man who flew for years pretending to be a pilot
Investigators in the United States believe that a Canadian resident illegally obtained hundreds of free flights using fake airline employee documents.
The ESBU shut down three illegal petrol stations in the Kyiv region
Detectives from the Economic Security Bureau uncovered and shut down three illegal petrol stations in two districts of the Kyiv region, seizing thousands of litres of fuel.
Collaborators who stole nearly 200 cars during the occupation were exposed in the Kherson region
The Kherson Regional Police reported suspicions about an organised group of collaborators who, in 2022, illegally seized property worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias under the guise of nationalisation.
Europol dismantles largest synthetic drug production network in EU history
European police have carried out their largest ever operation against synthetic drugs, dismantling dozens of laboratories and seizing thousands of tonnes of precursors in several EU countries.
Arson of a military vehicle on behalf of the enemy: a 29-year-old perpetrator was detained in Kyiv
The man agreed to carry out the sabotage in exchange for the promised reward, but instead of money, he received suspicion and the prospect of a prison sentence.
