Criminals have now "re-profiled" and started smuggling evaders abroad, - National Police The full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation has changed the schemes of illegal business: former smugglers now organise illegal border crossings, where prices for "services" are rising every year. 2 529 23 Previously in trend: Draft evaders smuggling across the border
End of war in Ukraine may trigger surge in international organized crime - Duda Polish President Andrzej Duda believes that the end of Russia's war against Ukraine could trigger a surge in international organized crime. 7 480 59 Previously in trend: War
Members of criminal group who traded in unregistered weapons and ammunition were exposed in Sumy region. PHOTOS In the Sumy region, law enforcement officers together with border guards exposed and stopped the activities of individuals who stored and sold unregistered firearms and ammunition. 3 367 19 Incidents
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. 14 720 85 Incidents
Mastermind behind kidnapping gang detained in Kramatorsk. PHOTO A female organizer of a criminal gang that kidnapped people for ransom has been apprehended in the Donetsk region by Security Service of Ukraine, police, and prosecutor's office. 22 328 13 Society
Law enforcers detain drug dealers operating in four Ukrainian cities, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko. PHOTOS Members of the Kyiv Prosecutor's Office and Interior Ministry’s Department of Internal Security carried out 57 raids at premises used by a ring of drug dealers in Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Kropyvnytskyi, and Dnipro. 44 053 81 Incidents
PGO raided Vietnamese organized criminal group in Odesa. PHOTOS The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) in conjunction with the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine conducted a special operation against organized crime group of immigrants from South-East Asia which operated in Odesa. 60 529 105 Incidents