# Investigation
UAH 26.5 billion in budget losses: reboot of the BES did not stop the growth of the shadow cigarette market
According to the project "Monitoring the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in Ukraine" conducted by Kantar Ukraine, the share of illegal tobacco products reached 17.8%, up from 15.4% in July this year
US strikes three drug ships in the Pacific, killing eight people
The US military has announced another operation against drug trafficking in international waters. The vessels were travelling along known drug trafficking routes
National Police dismantles network of fraudulent call centres that defrauded EU citizens of UAH 50 million
Law enforcers exposed a transnational telephone fraud scheme with centres in several cities of Ukraine. Dozens of EU citizens became victims
On a par with NABU: after the "reset", the management of the Bureau of Economic Security has increased its salaries
After the appointment of the new director, Oleksandr Tsyvinsky, the salaries of the BES management are gradually approaching the level of the NABU's financial support.
Vinnytsia region uncovers ₴20 million worth of clandestine production of e-cigarette liquids
Law enforcers stop activities of a group that manufactured and sold nicotine-containing products without permits throughout Ukraine
Property for an unemployed wife and millions in assets. What the declaration of the head of the ESBU in Vinnytsia showed
Declaration of acting head of Vinnytsia ESBU Oleh Oliynyk raises questions due to family assets registered to his wife without official income
Shooting at Hanukkah celebration in Sydney: 15 people killed, Ukrainian immigrant among victims
Anti-Semitic attack on Bondi Beach in Australia kills dozens, carried out by father and son
ESBU exposes supplier of raw materials for clandestine tobacco factory in Poltava region
ESBU detectives shut down a fermented tobacco mini-factory, seizing products and equipment worth millions of hryvnias
MP Skorokhod's bail of over UAH 3 million was paid by unauthorised persons
The lawyer confirmed that the funds for Hanna Skorokhod's bail were not provided by her, the defence is challenging the conditions of the preventive measure
Congressional Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and others from Epstein's estate
The US House of Representatives Oversight Committee has published dozens of photos from Jeffrey Epstein's archive, increasing pressure on the White House ahead of the deadline to disclose the case file.
Media find out why Austria refused to extradite Firtash to the US
The Austrian court did not extradite Dmitry Firtash to the United States because of the diplomatic immunity the oligarch received as an advisor to the Belarusian mission to UNIDO, despite the objections of the Austrian Foreign Ministry.
Odesa MP Kutsenko claims political persecution after new ESBU suspicion
Iryna Kutsenko called the new suspicion in the case of embezzlement of over UAH 2 million politically motivated and announced her intention to appeal the investigation.
