# Investigation
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.
The tax authorities have uncovered a scheme to funnel nearly 200 billion hryvnias abroad via a network of high-risk companies
The State Tax Service has announced that it has uncovered evidence of a large-scale scheme to transfer funds abroad via more than 2,300 companies. The total value of foreign trade transactions carried out by these entities exceeded 198 billion hryvnias.
The SSU and the National Police have uncovered six channels for the illegal sale of captured weapons in regions across Ukraine
Law enforcement officers have shut down six underground channels for the sale of weapons and ammunition in various regions of Ukraine. As part of a special operation, the organisers of the schemes were arrested and a substantial arsenal of weapons was seized.
The police have referred the case of nine members of the organisation, who are suspected of sexually exploiting women, to the courts
Law enforcement officers have concluded their investigation into nine members of a criminal organisation suspected of recruiting women for sexual exploitation. According to the investigation, the group’s monthly income exceeded 10 million hryvnias.
The SSU in Zakarpattia has detained a GRU agent who was gathering information on defence enterprises
The Security Service of Ukraine has detained a Russian military intelligence agent in Zakarpattia. According to the investigation, he was gathering information on defence industry enterprises in the west of the country and their employees.
Journalists have uncovered questionable assets belonging to the head of the Kyiv Regional Directorate of the State Security Service, who was appointed by Tsivinsky
Roman Lysakovsky, whom Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi recently appointed as acting head of the Kyiv regional office of the Economic Security Bureau, stated in his latest declaration that his wife—a dentist and owner of a dental practice in Ternopil—earned just over 60,000 UAH over the course of the year. However, she recently sold this practice, which was a successful business.
Why have forensic economic assessments become a problem for businesses, and how does this relate to Ukraine’s investment climate?
Despite the law enforcement agencies’ high-profile statements about protecting businesses, entrepreneurs continue to face numerous instances of pressure from the authorities. One of the most common tools used for this purpose remains forensic economic analysis.
Two TCC servicemen have been charged in connection with an incident involving a man in Dnipro
In Dnipro, two members of the Territorial Defence Forces have been charged in connection with the unlawful detention of a man. According to the police, during a document check, he was forcibly placed in a car and, after his health deteriorated, left near a rubbish bin.
DIAM is covering up corruption schemes by refusing to provide information in response to requests, says an expert
Urban planning expert Heorhiy Mohylnyy has accused DIAM of corruption and a systematic refusal to provide public information.
