criminals

Member of "criminal authorities’ meeting" involved in smuggling of conscripts across border detained in Kyiv. PHOTO Kyiv law enforcement officers detained a member of a criminal gang who participated in a "meeting" to make decisions on the production of fake temporary certificates of persons liable for military service, certificates of the MMC and documents allowing a person to travel abroad without hindrance and evade mobilisation. 18.10.24 11:41 12 111 35

After being released from pre-trial detention center, organized crime figures Umka and Lasha disappeared in unknown direction, did not appear at court hearings - media Organized crime figures Serhii Oliinyk, nicknamed Umka, and Georgian-born Lasha Jachvliani did not appear at court hearings after their release from the pre-trial detention center. 08.02.24 16:34 13 091 85 Incidents

In Donbas, leader of Russian criminal group Kusk, who was previously sentenced to 23 years, but he signed agreement with PMC "Wagner" was eliminated. PHOTOS On September 23, the former leader of the "Kuskovsky" group, Ihor Kusk, was brought to the Russian city of Nizhnyokamsk by plane in a closed coffin. While in the Syktyvkar colony, he signed a contract and took part in the Russian aggression in Donbas 23.09.22 19:32 37 299 98 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War

25 crime figures curated by Russia were detained in Melitopol, - Interior Minister Avakov The detainees are suspected of destabilization the situation in the city and other crimes. 21.06.17 10:51 71 798 98 Ukrainian Politics

Putin's critic, corruption-revealing journalist Andrushchenko died in St. Petersburg following severe beating A prominent Russian journalist known for articles criticizing Russia’s government and President Vladimir Putin died at a hospital in St. Petersburg after being severely beaten by unknown assailants on March 9. 21.04.17 12:08 55 773 43 Incidents

Kidnapping ring members apprehended in Odesa region, - SBU. PHOTOS The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in conjunction with the local prosecutors detained members of the crime ring who had been abducting people in the Odesa region for several years and holding them to ransom. 12.04.17 17:00 18 977 7 Incidents

Avakov publishes results of criminal police performance over 12-month period. INFOGRAPHICS (in Ukrainian) Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has published the results of the work of Ukraine's criminal police over the 12-month period. 13.02.17 12:50 37 217 93 Previously in trend: Police workdays

"Armed citizen is the best deterrent to armed criminal," - Lutsenko Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko believes that legally armed citizens would be the best deterrent against armed criminals. 08.12.16 00:13 51 484 711 Ukrainian Politics

"106 crime bosses apprehended at code-bound criminal's funeral in Donetsk region," - SBU. PHOTOS The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained 106 people outside Sviatohirsk town in the country's east, who arrived to attend the funeral of code-bound criminal Liokha Krasnodonskyi and are reported to come from the criminal milieu. 29.08.16 10:45 168 250 221 Incidents

Armed bandits tried to rob security van in Zaporizhia region, - National Police. PHOTOS A security van is reported to have been attacked in the Zaporizhia region. 15.07.16 21:18 57 281 94 Previously in trend: Police workdays

No crime wave in other regions like that in Odesa, not even in the 90s, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Current crime rate of the Odesa region is far worse than that back in the 1990s. 17.06.16 15:44 54 634 101 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

"I hope that police uniform-clad criminal boss Kiva is fired," - Saakashvili Head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili called Ilia Kiva, the head of the National Police Department for Countering Drug-Related Crime, a criminal boss wearing a police uniform. 17.05.16 22:28 51 519 68 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili

Dekanoidze claims rising crime rates in Kyiv National Police Chief Khatia Dekanoidze reported an increase in crime at a wrap-up meeting of the National Police Main Department. 12.04.16 22:58 29 233 75 Ukrainian Politics

Vasyl Pisnyi was detained on suspicion of racketeering in 1995, - Nashі hroshі discloses business and crime affiliations of SBU General. PHOTOS Journalists have gathered information about incomes, assets, and biography of Security Service General Vasyl Pisnyi, who was kicked by non-affiliated MP Volodymyr Parasiuk at a meeting of the parliamentary committee. 20.11.15 14:07 124 766 289 Incidents

Thieves in law move their business from Odesa region, - Odesa Governor Saakashvili Ex-president of Georgia, Odesa Governor Mikheil Saakashvili says the city's underworld did not dare to physically remove him out of cowardice. 19.08.15 16:05 123 902 401 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili

Number of convicted criminals rather than one of criminal cases measures crime prevention efficiency, Poroshenko says President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in Lviv that the fight against crime is measured by the number of convicted offenders rather than open criminal cases. 02.07.15 15:56 4 521 54 Ukrainian Politics

Local authorities in Zhytomyr are not able to stop illegal amber getter Camps filled with armed people and equipment are formed at amber birthplaces in the Zhytomyr region. 11.06.15 14:11 122 622 204 Ukrainian Politics

Donbas criminals attack Russian mercenaries and officers, beating, cutting and robbing them - InfoResist There is a growing number of attacks on Russian mercenaries and soldiers, who receive substantial monetary rewards for their participation in the fighting, by members of the local underworld in the towns controlled by "LPR" and "DPR". 15.05.15 11:48 79 677 190 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Yanukovych's Son is a Mafia “Overseer". He Took Control of Security Forces, Says Former Head of Metropolitan Police At the moment, various fields of public institutions have so-called "overseers". 06.03.13 11:10 21 445 102 Ukrainian Politics

Gangster Republic: Population Has no Rights, Police Pays no Mind to Anything. Journalist Trip to Donbas. PHOTOS + VIDEO Anarchy - social system, in which the state ceases to exist. Utopia, fantasy, desperate fiction by fanatics. It seems that life without a state in modern times is impossible, but it’s easy to refute this assertion. Map of Ukraine has places where life without the state has long been a reality. 14.01.13 02:12 38 688 343 Economics

Azarov: People Miss the Truth. They are Sick of Endless Gangsters Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov held a meeting with civil organizations of veterans where he asked them to talk more to the youngsters and to strengthen their patriotism. 01.10.12 13:10 12 954 163 Ukrainian Politics