# Investigation
Tymoshenko stated in the High Council of Justice that she did not know MP Kopytin before their personal meeting.
During the consideration of the issue of seizure of property, the leader of the Batkivshchyna faction stated that the contact was initiated by a member of parliament, and the court partially granted the prosecution's request.
NABU and SAP exposed a scheme to embezzle UAH 141 million on the "green" tariff in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region
Solar power plants, which were effectively out of operation due to the occupation and damage, received payments for years for electricity that was not supplied to Ukraine`s power grid.
A risky experiment based on weak institutional capacity, - lawyer comments on initiatives by ESBU Director Tsivinsky
The initiatives of Oleksandr Tsivinsky, Director of the Economic Security Bureau, are a risky experiment based on weak institutional capacity. In the Ukrainian context, any "quick" mechanism that lacks a clear legal basis and judicial oversight can become an instrument of discretion. This opinion was expressed by lawyer Vyacheslav Trunov in an interview with ThePublic.
Attempts to illegally export gold worth over 2.7 million hryvnias were stopped at the border with Romania
At the Porubne-Siret border crossing point, customs officers and border guards discovered hidden gold bars and jewellery that someone was attempting to take out of Ukraine.
In Odessa, a military psychologist demanded $4,000 for transferring from the front to the rear — she was detained
The officer promised to resolve the issue with the service and deregistration for money, but was exposed by the police and the Security Service of Ukraine.
The High Administrative Court of Ukraine has handed down a verdict to Yanukovych in the case of illegal seizure of state land
The former president was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison for embezzling a forest plot in the Kyiv region worth over 22 million hryvnias.
In Zaporizhia, serial car thieves who stole military vehicles, among others, were exposed.
Two residents of Zaporizhia were detained for illegal seizure of transport and theft from cars. For the totality of crimes, they face up to eight years in prison.
Hetmantsev criticised the work of the new head of the ESBU: no results
The head of the Council`s finance committee stated that after the change in leadership at the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine, problems with illegal markets and investigations have only intensified.
Fatal accident on Kyiv's Ring Road: police investigate circumstances of the crash
A night-time accident in the Solomyanskyi district ended in the death of a car driver after a collision with a lorry.
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez has been in the DEA's sights for years
Documents show that since 2018, the US Drug Enforcement Administration has been compiling a dossier on Delcy Rodriguez on suspicion of drug trafficking, money laundering and gold smuggling.
Iran reports thousands of deaths during protests
Doctors and human rights activists report mass casualties among protesters in Iran, while the authorities acknowledge only some of the losses and accuse protesters of violence. The situation is complicated by widespread internet blackouts.
Svyrydenko announced a meeting on combating counterfeiting and smuggling
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko will convene representatives of financial and law enforcement agencies next week to discuss the scale of counterfeiting, particularly of tobacco products and alcohol, and the resulting losses to the budget.
