Since start of year, SSU has uncovered 109 criminal organisations that have been destabilising internal situation in country. PHOTOS
Since the start of this year, units of the Security Service of Ukraine’s Main Directorate "D" have neutralised 109 criminal organisations and groups that were destabilising the internal situation in the country.
This was reported by the SSU press office, according to Censor.NET.
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First and foremost, these are organised groups that posed systemic threats to the governance of the state, in particular those specialising in various schemes of extortion and the acquisition of other illegal ‘profits’ in the context of the war.
Following comprehensive operations across various regions of the country, 3,920 suspects have been notified of charges against them, including over 650 individuals who committed crimes against the foundations of national security.
At the same time, more than 180 organisers of schemes to obtain unlawful benefits have been detained, the majority of whom are civil servants and law enforcement officers.
For example, the SSU uncovered a corruption scheme in which, according to the investigation, four high-ranking officials of the National Police were involved. Among the suspects are senior officials of the National Police Main Departments in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhytomyr and Ternopil regions.
In the Kyiv region, SSU officers exposed one of the heads of the Brovary District Prosecutor’s Office and his subordinate for extorting over 2 million hryvnias.
SSU officers also uncovered a corruption scheme at the state-owned joint-stock company ‘Motorways of Ukraine’. One of the officials at this organisation who was served with a notice of suspicion was the deputy chairman of the board.
As part of efforts to prevent crimes that have negative consequences for society, the SSU also uncovered an organised criminal group comprising 28 individuals. The suspects were illegally manufacturing and preparing counterfeit medicines on a particularly large scale for sale.
Investigations are currently ongoing into all the uncovered offences to bring those responsible to justice.
