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The Prosecutor General’s Office has been busy this year, uncovering numerous corruption and crime schemes across Ukraine. Recent activities include large-scale investigations into fraudulent deferral schemes linked to educational institutions in Kyiv and embezzlement in military contracts. The office has also been involved in prosecuting high-profile cases, such as the sentencing of a Kyiv woman who orchestrated a terrorist attack, and the arrest of officials implicated in illegal subsidy allocation. The PG Office remains vigilant in enforcing justice for war crimes in occupied territories and financial misconduct, reinforcing its crucial role in upholding the rule of law amid ongoing challenges.
What recent corruption schemes has the Prosecutor General’s Office uncovered?
Recent discoveries by the Prosecutor General’s Office include a fraudulent scheme granting conscription deferrals through private education setups, and embezzlement of road repair funds by the Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration's deputy head. They have been diligent in efforts to expose these large-scale corruption networks.
How does the Prosecutor General’s Office handle cases of war crimes?
The Prosecutor General’s Office actively pursues war crime cases, filing indictments against organizations training children for military service in Crimea. They also collaborate internationally when Russian military personnel engage in crimes like missile strikes on civilian infrastructures, ensuring perpetrators face justice.
What legal actions has the Prosecutor General’s Office initiated recently?
Legal actions by the Prosecutor General’s Office include sentencing a woman to nine years for a terrorist act and prosecuting individuals involved in illegal surrogacy leading to infant deaths. Additionally, they have issued indictments for corruption among local Ukrainian officials to combat financial misconduct effectively.
What role does the Prosecutor General’s Office play in counter-terrorism efforts?
The Prosecutor General’s Office contributes significantly to counter-terrorism by prosecuting those involved in terrorist acts or supporting military operations against Ukraine. This includes intervening in scenarios where explosives were used in Kyiv and facilitating intelligence for other potential threats.
In what ways does the Prosecutor General’s Office impact Ukraine's legal and political landscape?
The Prosecutor General’s Office impacts Ukraine's landscape by ensuring legal proceedings are rigorous and transparent, particularly in corruption, war crimes, and professional misconduct. Their efforts are essential for Ukraine's European integration aspirations, reinforcing trust and stability within its judicial system.
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She filmed military unit in Khmelnytskyi region: Russian agent sentenced to 15 years. PHOTOS A 27-year-old woman caught by law enforcement officers in Khmelnytskyi in April last year collaborating with the Russian Federation was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of her property. 1 629 7 Previously in trend: Sentences for high treason Recruited FSB agents
42 drug laboratories have been dismantled and psychotropic substances worth 540 million hryvnias have been seized: international special operation "RUBICON" has been completed. VIDEO&PHOTOS A large-scale international special operation, ‘RUBICON’, aimed at dismantling a transnational network involved in the industrial production and distribution of drugs and psychotropic substances, has been completed. 2 635 24 Previously in trend: Drug manufacturing and distribution Elimination of drug trade
"Former minister of DNR" and his accomplices, who deported 53 Ukrainian children, have been charged in absentia. VIDEO+PHOTO The Security Service and the Office of the Prosecutor General have compiled a comprehensive body of evidence regarding the deportation of 53 Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast to Moscow in October 2022. 779 0
Criminal scheme uncovered during modernisation of infrastructure at state-owned enterprise ’Black Sea Commercial Port of Chornomorsk’. PHOTOS Based on information provided by the Security Service of Ukraine, a criminal scheme at the Black Sea branch of the State Enterprise ‘Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority’ has been uncovered during a pre-trial investigation conducted by the State Bureau of Investigations under the procedural supervision... 771 2
Planted explosives under serviceman’s car in Kyiv for $1,500: Woman sentenced to 9 years for terrorist attack ordered by Russia. VIDEO+PHOTOS A 24-year-old Kyiv woman has been found guilty of committing a terrorist attack in Kyiv’s Obolon district. The court sentenced her to nine years in prison with confiscation of property. 4 300 19 Previously in trend: Terrorist attacks in Ukraine burning military cars
Police uncover illegal surrogacy scheme that led to deaths of two newborns. PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office, the director of a private reproductive technology medical centre in Kyiv was notified of suspicion of recruiting a person for the purpose of exploitation through deception and abuse of the victim’s vulnerable... 1 823 5
Deputy head of Khmelnytskyi RMA exposed for receiving "kickbacks" for signing road repair contracts. PHOTOS The SSU’s Main Internal Security Directorate and the Office of the Prosecutor General have dismantled a large-scale scheme involving the embezzlement of budget funds allocated for road reconstruction. The comprehensive operation exposed a deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Military... 1 880 17
Tortured prisoner of war and civilians in Zaporizhzhia: Rosgvardiya commander sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison. PHOTO Following a public prosecution by prosecutors from the Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the court found the commander of a rosgvardiya unit guilty in absentia of cruel treatment of a Ukrainian prisoner of war and civilian residents (Article 438(1) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). 1 581 10 Previously in trend: Torture during the occupation
14 million in cash for bogus disability claims: law enforcement officers have arrested group of doctors in Kharkiv region and revealed bedroom full of dollars. PHOTOS A scheme involving the illegal granting of disability status to conscripts has been uncovered in the Kharkiv region. For between 5,000 and 8,000 US dollars, they were helped to obtain documents entitling them to a deferment from mobilisation. 8 496 34 Previously in trend: Fake disability among prosecutors
Network of underground tobacco workshops has been dismantled in two regions: equipment, products and cash have been seized. VIDEO&PHOTOS Prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, in collaboration with the National Police and the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine, have shut down illegal cigarette manufacturing operations in the Lviv and Kharkiv regions. 2 341 15
Strike on training ground in Kyiv region: death toll rises to 11; court to determine pre-trial measure for exhibition organiser. PHOTOS The death toll from the Russian strike on the Kyiv region on 24 July has risen. 7 955 34 Previously in trend: Russian attack on a test site in the Kyiv region
Supplied from EU: a drug dealer was arrested in Odesa with kilogram of cocaine worth $52,000. PHOTOS Law enforcement officers have dismantled a large-scale drug trafficking network operating in Ukraine. In Odesa, a 41-year-old local resident was caught red-handed after organising the smuggling of cocaine from European Union countries. 1 380 9 Previously in trend: Drug manufacturing and distribution
SSU, National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office have exposed a further four Russian agents involved in arson attacks in Ukraine. PHOTOS The Security Service, the National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office have exposed a further four FSB accomplices who carried out contract arson attacks in the Kirovohrad and Odesa regions. 1 290 13 Previously in trend: Detention of arsonists
Substandard shelters for schools and military: 47-million-hryvnia scheme has been uncovered. PHOTOS Participants in the scheme embezzled over 47 million hryvnias of public funds during the procurement of modular shelters for schools, communities and military units. They supplied protective structures that did not comply with state building regulations. 844 10
Scheme to embezzle funds during construction of school shelter exposed in Khmelnytskyi region. PHOTOS Prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office have notified a settlement head, the director of a construction company, and a technical supervision engineer of suspicion over the misappropriation of budget funds on an especially large scale and official forgery during the... 703 2
21 million UAH in unpaid taxes: new charges reported in case of mine supplies to Ministry of Defence. PHOTOS State Bureau of Investigation officers exposed a new episode of illegal activity by the management of a private company that manufactured explosive devices for the Defense Forces. It should be recalled that in early 2026, the Bureau dismantled a criminal organisation that had misappropriated... 977 4 Previously in trend: Tax violations Corruption in defence
Fictitious demining worth 49 million hryvnias: six participants in the scheme have been charged. PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office, six individuals have been notified that they are under suspicion of misappropriating public funds allocated for the humanitarian demining of agricultural land. 1 343 16 Previously in trend: financial fraud
Sexual violence as weapon of Russian Federation: 401 cases of crimes committed by occupiers have been recorded in Ukraine. INFOGRAPHICS Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 401 cases of conflict-related sexual violence committed by Russian occupiers against the civilian population have been officially recorded. 885 6
6.3 million UAH for shelters that offer no protection during shelling: former education official in Dnipropetrovsk region notified of suspicion. PHOTOS Prosecutors from the Synelnykove District Prosecutor’s Office have notified a former official that she is suspected of professional negligence resulting in serious consequences (Article 367(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The issue of a preventive measure is currently being considered. 1 238 4 Previously in trend: Construction of shelters
Paintings by Aivazovsky, Kuindzhi and Kalmykov worth over 26 million hryvnias were handed over to occupiers: former director of the Mariupol museum has been notified of suspicion. PHOTOS The former director of the Mariupol Local History Museum has been served with a notice of suspicion for facilitating the illegal appropriation by the occupying forces of unique works of art from the collections of the Arkhip Kuindzhi Art Museum. 2 212 17 Previously in trend: Russians are stealing Ukraine’s cultural values Russia steals cultural values
Su-24M plane crash in Khmelnytskyi region: analysis of flight recorder has begun, and official investigation has been launched. PHOTO An investigation is underway in the Khmelnytskyi region into the circumstances surrounding the crash of a military aircraft, in which two pilots were killed. 3 495 33 Previously in trend: losses of Ukraine Ukraine lost aircraft
Sold minors abroad: 38-year-old resident of Kryvyi Rih to stand trial. PHOTOS Prosecutors of the Kryvyi Rih Northern District Prosecutor's Office have sent an indictment to court against a 38-year-old resident of Kryvyi Rih. 3 370 7 Previously in trend: child trafficking Exposing human trafficking
Army corps officials suspected of extorting money from soldiers: charged with 274,000 UAH. PHOTOS Three officials from an army corps in the Kharkiv region are suspected of extorting money from soldiers. 3 656 13 Previously in trend: Bribe-takers in military units
Serviceman stole General Cherry’s FPV drones from military unit and sold them, he was detained – Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTO Law enforcement officers in the Donetsk region have detained a sergeant, a senior combat medic of a company of unmanned aerial systems, who is suspected of stealing and selling16 FPV drones made by General Cherry. 4 099 27 Previously in trend: Production of drones Robbery of military
Russia ordered murder of DIU representative Yusov for $100,000: enemy agent who was preparing assassination has been detained. PHOTOS Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, a contract killing of a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, who is also the deputy head of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners... 5 488 14 Previously in trend: spying in favor of Russia Killing of servicemen
Almost 1.7 kg of dangerous PVP: psychotropic drug smuggling exposed at Romanian border. PHOTOS At the Ukrainian-Romanian border, law enforcement officers prevented a large consignment of the highly dangerous psychotropic substance PVP from being smuggled into Ukraine. 980 1 Previously in trend: distribution of drugs
In Dnipro, notice of suspicion served to man who raped and strangled 11-year-old boy. PHOTOS (updated) In Dnipro, law enforcement officers detained a 40-year-old man reasonably suspected of the brutal murder and rape of an 11-year-old child. 8 163 46
Created armed gang and extorted around $2.2 million from ’cryptocurrency traders’: former police colonels to stand trial, – Office of Prosecutor General. PHOTOS An investigation has been completed into four serving officers (at the time the offences were committed) of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, one officer from the Kyiv City Police Department – including police colonels –... 3 829 43 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
Strike on Mykolaiv in October 2022: mother and son sentenced to up to 15 years for aiding enemy attack, – Office of Prosecutor General. PHOTOS A 53-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son have been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with confiscation of property for orchestrating a Russian attack on Mykolaiv in October 2022, which resulted in the deaths of several people, including a child. 1 552 8 Previously in trend: Shelling of Mykolaiv
Nine Ukrainian citizens who fought on side of Russian Federation have been given actual prison sentences – 15 years with confiscation of property. PHOTO Nine men who fought against Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation have been given prison sentences. 2 747 7 Previously in trend: High treason
Two individuals have been notified of suspicion of defrauding former high-ranking official of 7 million hryvnias. PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of the Shevchenkivskyi District Prosecutor’s Office in Kyiv, two men aged 19 and 26 have been notified that they are under suspicion of aiding and abetting fraud. 7 506 57 Previously in trend: financial fraud
Case of pseudo-rehabilitation centres, where nearly 300 people were illegally detained, has been referred to court. PHOTOS On 11 May 2026, prosecutors from the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment with the court against four members of an organised group who had set up and operated a network of illegal ‘rehabilitation’ centres in Zhovti Vody and Shakhtarsk. 1 034 4 Previously in trend: Fraudulent schemes
Ukrainian Armed Forces major suspected of extorting 100,000 UAH for supplying food to troops in Odesa. PHOTO A major – the head of a food depot at one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ supply centres in Odesa – has been served with a notice of suspicion. 1 467 9 Previously in trend: Corruption in defence
Former law enforcement officer detained on suspicion of looting during occupation of Chernihiv region, - Office of Prosecutor General. PHOTO A former law enforcement officer has been charged with a new offence relating to the theft of property during the temporary occupation of part of the Chernihiv region. 1 962 11 Previously in trend: Disclosure of collaborators
Alcohol disguised as diplomatic cargo: scheme worth over 4 million hryvnias exposed. VIDEO+PHOTOS Prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, in collaboration with detectives from the Economic Security Bureau, have uncovered a group that had organised the import of alcohol into Ukraine under the guise of diplomatic cargo, with the intention of subsequently selling it on the... 3 529 11
SSU officer was arrested for taking $34,000 bribe to defer mobilisation. PHOTO Law enforcement officers have uncovered and put a stop to the illegal activities of a serving SSU officer and his accomplice, a businessman, who had organised a scheme involving the fictitious employment of men to secure deferrals from conscription. 4 816 21 Previously in trend: Grafters Bribery in the SSU
Russian military personnel have been notified of suspicion in shooting of woman in Bucha, another will face trial for cruel treatment. PHOTOS Two servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces have been charged with murdering a civilian woman during the temporary occupation of the city of Bucha. An indictment has also been sent to court against another individual on charges of cruel treatment. 1 186 3 Previously in trend: War crimes of Russia
In Rivne region, soldier has been charged with attempted murder of TCR personnel and police officers. PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of the Rivne Specialised Prosecutor’s Office for Defence in the Western Region, a 48-year-old serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been charged with shooting at TCR staff and a police officer. 3 026 46 Previously in trend: Attack on the TCR attempted murder
15-year-old schoolgirl who stabbed classmate in Ternopil has been charged: among theories is that victim had been bullying her. PHOTO A 15-year-old schoolgirl has been charged with the attempted murder of a classmate. 3 756 13
Misappropriation of over 18 million hryvnias on purchase of generators for military: case has been referred to court. PHOTOS Prosecutors from the Lviv Specialised Prosecutor’s Office for Defence in the Western Region have filed an indictment against an organised group which caused the state losses of over 18 million hryvnias during the procurement of generators for a military unit. 1 011 5 Previously in trend: Scandals with procurement for AFU
Online casino network with turnover in billions, organised by citizens of Russian Federation and Ukraine, has been shut down in Ukraine. PHOTOS The Public Prosecutor’s Office has exposed the organisers of an illegal gambling operation involving Russian and Ukrainian nationals. 5 336 23 Previously in trend: Closure of network of gambling halls
Group of district TCR servicemen detained in Odesa for abducting man and demanding $30,000 – Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTO The SSU (State Security Service of Ukraine) Main Internal Security Directorate and the National Police, with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the leadership of the Ground Forces, have neutralized an organized criminal group in Odesa that included... 7 023 66 Previously in trend: Unlawful actions of the TCR Corruption in TCR
Around 100 cars were brought in as "humanitarian aid for Armed Forces of Ukraine": car-selling scheme was uncovered in Volyn region. PHOTOS In Volyn region, law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme involving the illegal import of passenger cars under the guise of humanitarian aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the investigation, between 2024 and 2026, around 100 cars were imported into Ukraine from European... 1 992 3 Previously in trend: Profiteering from humanitarian aid
Weekly rape over two years: suspect arrested. PHOTOS In the Vinnytsia district, law enforcement officers have arrested a 42-year-old man suspected of sexually abusing his 13-year-old stepdaughter over a period of several years. 8 718 10 Previously in trend: Rape of children
They issued loans and then demanded money through threats: scheme worth 5.3 million hryvnias has been uncovered. PHOTOS Seven members of an organised group have been charged with involvement in an online lending scheme that effectively turned debts into a tool for coercion and extortion. 3 519 2
Passed on coordinates for strikes against AFU, air defence and hospitals: 6 accused in custody. PHOTOS Six residents of the Donetsk region are to stand trial for high treason. 1 776 6 Previously in trend: High treason Conviction of adjusters
$20,000 for "diagnosis": scheme to influence doctors exposed in Kyiv region. VIDEO+PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a married couple has been exposed for organizing a scheme to obtain undue benefit in exchange for influencing decisions by officials of medical institutions. 1 598 7
Arson and extortion: a group pressuring business owners has been exposed in the Kyiv region. PHOTOS Prosecutors from the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, in collaboration with the police, have uncovered and dismantled an organised criminal group operating in Kyiv and the surrounding region. 1 682 6 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
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