Crime
The National Police have uncovered a group of individuals who were ‘abducting’ soldiers from their units for $15,000
Law enforcement officers have uncovered an inter-regional gang whose members were organising the illegal removal of military personnel from military units and training centres. The cost of such services ranged from 8,000 to 15,000 dollars.
A scheme involving the purchase of generators at inflated prices has been uncovered in the Kyiv region
Law enforcement officers in the Kyiv region have uncovered a scheme involving the misappropriation of public funds during the procurement of diesel generators for a sewage treatment plant in Bila Tserkva. According to the investigation, the equipment was purchased at a price almost three times higher than its actual value.
Over 100 searches: a large-scale scheme to evade conscription has been uncovered in the Lviv region
Law enforcement officers in the Lviv region have uncovered a large-scale scheme to evade conscription, in which, according to the investigation, more than 40 officials are implicated. In exchange for money, those liable for military service were issued deferrals and forged disability certificates.
University management in Zaporizhzhia to face trial over a scheme involving ‘postgraduate students’ to evade conscription
An indictment has been filed against nine members of a criminal organisation who, according to the investigation, set up a scheme at a private university in Zaporizhzhia to falsely enrol men liable for military service into postgraduate programmes. Through this scheme, nearly 3,500 men of conscription age were illegally registered as “postgraduate students”, and around 3,000 were granted grounds for deferment from mobilisation.
Andriy Rubel has been appointed as the new head of the Kyiv Regional Police
Ivan Vyhovskyi, Head of the National Police of Ukraine, has introduced the new Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kyiv Region. The post has been taken up by Andrii Rubel.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has announced that it has placed Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, under investigation (VIDEO)
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has announced that it has placed Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, under investigation. He is accused of laundering funds obtained through illegal means.
A former judge from Makarov is suspected of being involved in a scheme to seize the flats of deceased people
Law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme involving the illegal seizure of flats belonging to deceased citizens, in which, according to the investigation, a former judge from Makariv is implicated. Investigators believe that over the course of several years, the group’s members used forged documents and court rulings to seize at least five flats.
3,000 ‘postgraduate students’ were enrolled to avoid conscription
A case involving nine members of a criminal organisation has been referred to court; they are accused of falsely enrolling men liable for military service in postgraduate programmes in order to secure a deferment from conscription. According to the investigation, nearly 3,500 men were processed through this scheme.
They made over 200 million hryvnias from fraudulent disability claims
The police have reported the uncovering of a large-scale scheme involving the falsification of disability certificates at medical facilities in Zaporizhzhia. According to the investigation, the group’s members made over 200 million hryvnias, and at least 500 people used their ‘services’.
Spain has seized 30 tonnes of cocaine – a record shipment for Europe worth over €800 million
Spanish law enforcement officers seized 30 tonnes of cocaine from a vessel off the Canary Islands and arrested 23 crew members. This is the largest drug seizure in European history.
In Lviv, a man armed with a knife took a child hostage
In Lviv, police have arrested a man who took a 13-year-old girl hostage and threatened her with a knife. The girl was freed within minutes and was unharmed
A woman holding an anti-war placard was detained in St Petersburg
On 9 May in St Petersburg, Russia, police detained pensioner Lyudmila Vasilyeva whilst she was holding a solo protest with an anti-war placard. The woman had previously taken part in opposition and anti-war demonstrations
