The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine remains pivotal in the legal and judicial landscape of Ukraine, handling high-profile cases, overseeing significant reforms, and addressing corruption at various levels. Recent activities include a major operation exposing treason within district prosecutor's offices, spearheaded by Prosecutor General Venedyktova. Efforts to tackle corruption are demonstrated by the dramatic allegations made against Avangard Holding regarding non-existent factories, surprising even the company itself.
These developments are part of wide-ranging reforms and operational adjustments aimed at strengthening the judiciary and enhancing prosecutorial efficacy in Ukraine. Noteworthy is the ongoing reorganization within the Prosecutor General's Office, including the firing and appointment of various regional and departmental prosecutors, aimed at ensuring competence and reliability in prosecutorial functions.
Simultaneously, significant cases such as the Handziuk assassination, Maidan cases, and high-profile financial misappropriations continue to underline the challenges and responsibilities the Office handles. For instance, the international communication by prosecutors to the International Criminal Court regarding extrajudicial killings showcases their active role in addressing wartime injustices.
As salary increases are being mooted to boost both morale and competence among prosecutors, the continued reformative strategies signal a robust approach to upholding legal standards and fighting corruption within and beyond the borders of Ukraine.
These developments are part of wide-ranging reforms and operational adjustments aimed at strengthening the judiciary and enhancing prosecutorial efficacy in Ukraine. Noteworthy is the ongoing reorganization within the Prosecutor General's Office, including the firing and appointment of various regional and departmental prosecutors, aimed at ensuring competence and reliability in prosecutorial functions.
Simultaneously, significant cases such as the Handziuk assassination, Maidan cases, and high-profile financial misappropriations continue to underline the challenges and responsibilities the Office handles. For instance, the international communication by prosecutors to the International Criminal Court regarding extrajudicial killings showcases their active role in addressing wartime injustices.
As salary increases are being mooted to boost both morale and competence among prosecutors, the continued reformative strategies signal a robust approach to upholding legal standards and fighting corruption within and beyond the borders of Ukraine.
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"FSB+PGO=friendship?": protest outside Prosecutor General's Office against refugee Tumgoev’s extradition to Russia. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS Activists hold rally outside the Kyiv-based Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) protesting against the extradition of refugee-seeker Timur Tumgoev to Russia. 19 641 309
Higher qualifications and disciplinary commission considers dismissal of top anti-corruption prosecutor. PHOTOS The Higher qualifications and disciplinary commission of prosecutors is considering possible dismissal of Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) Head Nazar Kholodnytskyi. 6 202 30
PGO revokes motion on pretrial restriction against Bubenchyk, intends to serve him with new charge papers at 5 p.m. today. PHOTOS The Pechersk district court of Kyiv started bail hearing of Euromaidan activist Ivan Bubenchyk charged with murder of Berkut soldiers on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti in February 2014. 27 978 117 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Bubenchyk
NABU’s Sytnyk files complaint to PGO against SAP’s Kholodnytskyi, - media Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) Artem Sytnyk lodged a complaint against the decision of Nazar Kholodnytskyi, the head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), regarding the criminal case regarding the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP). 36 194 134
Prosecutor General Lutsenko meets with MPs, persons involved in Kolmohorov's trial, - PGO. PHOTOS A meeting on the case of convicted border guard Kolmohorov is underway in the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine. 36 830 127
PGO published photo of golden shovel belonging to former deputy prosecutor general Kuzmin. PHOTO Former official of Yanukovych era has been indicted by the Prosecutor General's Office. 104 607 134
Prosecutor General's Office served indictment to MP Dobkin. PHOTOS Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) has served an indictment to Opposition Bloc MP Mykhailo Dobkin. 45 955 133 Previously in trend: Trial of Dobkin
PGO raiding Ukrenerho: employees kept out of offices, situation tense, - company press service. PHOTOS A team of the prosecutor's office is conducting a search in the premises of Ukrenerho SE. 21 383 46
Lviv Mayor Sadovyi summoned to PGO for interrogation in Lviv industrial park case Prosecutor General's Office has requested that Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi explained the details of selling a land plot in Lviv for 52 million hryvnia (about $2 million) for construction of an industrial park. 23 524 117
Another defendant in Kurchenko case detained, - spokesperson Sarhan. PHOTO The detainee was involved in hiring people for working on tankers acquired by fugitive oligarch Kurchenko. 10 525 11 Previously in trend: Kurchenko’s shadow empire
Group of people who planned to kidnap and transfer former Russian citizen to Russia for $17 million was detained, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko. PHOTOS The suspects were detained while receiving $100,000 as an advance payment for the crime. 96 770 116
Mukacheve shooting: Court discharged suspected Right Sector fighters on parole. PHOTOS Four detained Right Sector fighters who have been tried within the so-called Mukacheve case were discharged on parole at the May 29 hearing. 33 788 98 Previously in trend: Mukacheve shooting
Another suspect in May 9 clashes in Dnipro detained, - Sarhan. PHOTO The prosecutor's office will request his arrest as pretrial measure. 79 829 107
Suspect in organization of journalist Serhiienko's murder detained, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko. PHOTO Cherkasy region police and prosecutors have detained in Kyiv a person suspected of organizing a high-profile murder of journalist Vasyl Serhiienko, an active participant of the Revolution of Dignity and a hero of Ukraine. 23 502 15 Previously in trend: Murder of Serhiienko
Group of racketeers detained in Kyiv extorting $1.3M "for chief prosecutor," - Lutsenko. PHOTOS The Military Prosecutor's Office together with the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police of Kyiv have detained a group of three people who were engaged in extortion. 79 543 57 Previously in trend: Police workdays Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Tysa customs officials suspended over smuggling allegations, - prosecutor general. PHOTOS Senior officers of Tysa customs post (the Zakarpattia region) were suspended Thursday after Hungary's border guards found a large batch of smuggled cigarettes and amber in a vehicle that arrived from Ukraine. 68 954 81
PGO initiated proceeding against KGB member who killed UPA painter Chasewycz in Volyn in 1952. DOCUMENT+PHOTO Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has initiated an investigation into the murder of OUN/UPA (Ukrainian nationalist organizations that participated in liberation struggle against the USSR in 1940s and 1950s) painter Nil Chasewycz by USSR State Security Service (KGB) officer Borys Stekliar. 103 568 246
Turkish organ traffickers arrested by Kyiv court, - PGO. PHOTO The criminals have the right to post a bail. 25 908 22
Russian Gen. Zavizyon indicted for ordering attacks on Ukrainian troops, - PGO spokesperson. PHOTOS The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has issued yet another indictment against an officer of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. 19 414 77 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
State Management of Affairs ex-head indicted for seizing Mezhyhiria: 1M euro found during search at his place - Lutsenko. PHOTO Former Head of the State Management of Affairs (DUS) Ihor Tarasiuk has been indicted on charges of seizing the state-owned Mezhyhiria residence in favor of fugitive Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. During a search at his place, law enforcers seized documents, 1 million euro, gold and other things. 38 255 38 Previously in trend: Mezhygorye Secrets
Law enforcers capture militant involved in tortures against Ukrainian POWs, - PGO. PHOTO A "DPR" terrorist charged with brutal treatment of Ukrainian servicemen has been detained in the Donetsk region. 199 623 404 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
Ukraine’s National Bank Department director nabbed while accepting $25,000 in bribe. PHOTOS Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (PGO) apprehended director of a department of the National Bank of Ukraine and three of his accomplices while receiving $25,000 a bribe. 68 934 74 Previously in trend: Grafters
PGO, SBU stage raids in Zhytomyr region, seize 500 kilos of amber and weapons, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS Amber extraction needs to be codified into law. 30 618 53 Previously in trend: Amber mafia Olevsk shoot-out
Deputy prosecutor of Kirovohrad region apprehended for bribe attempt, - Lutsenko. PHOTO The violator was caught by the police officers. 39 154 98 Previously in trend: Grafters
Investigation obtains irrefutable evidence of Yanukovych’s request to bring Russian troops in Ukraine, prosecutor general says. DOCUMENT The investigators of the military prosecutor's office collected irrefutable documentary evidence of act of treason committed by fugitive ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. 135 054 396
Judge nabbed at taking $16,000 bribe is Liubomyr Holovatiuk involved in Mezhyhiria fraud, - media. PHOTOS+VIDEO Media report that the Economic Court judge who was apprehended last night in Kyiv isLiubomyr Holovatiuk. 54 265 90 Previously in trend: Grafters
Kyiv Economic Court judge nabbed accepting $16,000 in bribe, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS Law enforcers have detained a judge of the Kyiv Economic Court as he was trying to receive an undue profit in the amount of $16,000 from a businessman. 41 496 93 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
Moldovan businessman nabbed giving prosecutor $75,000 in bribe, - Lutsenko. PHOTO Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has announced the work of the PGO's General Inspectorate started with the detention of a Moldovan businessman who tried to bribe a prosecutor. 16 398 30 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Grafters
PGO official caught red-handed offering bribe. PHOTOS Detectives of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) in cooperation with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) exposed on Dec. 9 the fact of giving a bribe by a Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) official. 61 366 89 Previously in trend: Grafters
"Prosecutor general's statement might harm interaction between NABU and SAP," - NABU on Lutsenko's statement. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) filed a complaint to the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) against the decision of Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Office Head (SAP) Nazar Kholodnytskyi, not a request to bring him to justice. 37 753 99
PGO summons Yanukovych for questioning as high treason suspect. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) summons fugitive ex-President Viktor Yanukovych for questioning as a suspect in the case initiated into high treason and complicity for Russia's aggression against Ukraine. 17 319 115
Corruption of Yanukovych's regime led to war crimes in Donbas, Crimea, - Lutsenko in The Hague. PHOTOS Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko says the corruption flourishing during the regime of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych subsequently led to war crimes in the Russian-occupied Donbas and Crimea. 15 551 52 Previously in trend: Yanukovych Family Investigation of crimes against Maidan
Former Ukrainian presidents Kravchuk, Kuchma, Yushchenko questioned as witnesses in case against Novynskyi in 2014. DOCUMENT in Ukrainian Three former Ukrainian presidents were interviewed as witnesses in criminal proceedings initiated against member of the Opposition Bloc parliamentary faction Vadym Novynskyi. 14 071 26
Law enforcers raid Ukrzaliznytsia subsidiaries and suppliers, already seized $1.5 million, - prosecutor general. PHOTO The members of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) in conjunction with Security Service (SBU) and National Police of Ukraine are carrying out a special operation to collect evidence of crimes associated with supplies of cabling and wiring products of poor-quality to Ukrzaliznytsia. 67 686 64 Previously in trend: Police workdays
Higher Economic Court top officials indicted for organizing judicial fraud in 2011-2014, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS The criminal proceedings involve some 7,000 instances of illegal human interference with the automated case picking system and intrusion into the work of judges with a view to making them rule in favor of criminals. 23 514 35
Prosecutor's Office detains deputy mayor and city council member of Kherson for bribe-taking, - Lutsenko. PHOTO The two officials accepted 80,000 hryvnia ($3,080) in bribe and were caught red-handed. 36 073 66 Previously in trend: Grafters
Law enforcers apprehend prosecutor and lawyer extorting $200,000 for criminal case dismissal, - prosecutor general. PHOTO This is the 18th prosecutor accused of bribe extortion during Yurii Lutsenko’s tenure on the post of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, he says. 37 343 51 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Grafters
"Another big fish," - PGO nabs High Council of Justice member extorting $500,000 in bribe. PHOTOS Members of the Major Fraud Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) in conjunction with the officers of the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) apprehended one of the members of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine extorting $500,000 in bribe. 153 081 250 Previously in trend: Grafters
Memory of Gongadze honored on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti 16 years after his disappearance. PHOTOS Concerned citizens, human rights activists and journalists held a memorial event to honor and remember Heorhii Gongadze on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv today. 12 684 30 Previously in trend: Kuchma Case
Over 120 searches conducted in Kharkiv in relation to state land misappropriation, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) conducted over 120 searches in Kharkiv within investigation into misappropriation of 650 hectares of state land. The operation was being prepared over two months. 64 665 74 Previously in trend: Kharkiv mayor Kernes
Radical Party MPs show up as law enforcers search house of alleged fraud, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS (updated) The Prosecutor General Office is searching the house of detained resident of Kyiv Petrovskyi suspected of fraud. He swindled large sums of money out of officials for alleged assistance in appointment to certain positions. However, according to Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko, a support group arrived at the suspect's house, including several Radical Party MPs. 83 760 67
Activists, relatives of Ilovaisk victims rallied outside PGO, demanded to end persecution of volunteers. PHOTOS+VIDEO Volunteers, activists and relatives of those killed in the Ilovaisk tragedy gathered near the building of the Prosecutor General's Office to protest against the attempts by Ukraine's authorities to put an end to the volunteer movement and discredit patriots. 13 604 169
Law enforcers detain prosecutor whose revenue source was questioned by Lutsenko. PHOTOS The members of the Prosecutor's Office of the Odesa region in conjunction with the SBU officers detained First Deputy Head of the Odesa Prosecutor's Office Valerii Bilyi. 105 332 147 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters
State Fiscal Service official nabbed red-handed accepting bribe;100,000 euros, 1 million hryvnia, and $ 68,000 seized in raids, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS The Economic Crime Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office in conjunction with the Anti-Corruption Department of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Internal Security Department of the State Fiscal Service exposed another corrupt practice in the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. 75 358 133 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters
Conflict Intelligence Team investigates Glaziev’s talks on warmongering in Ukraine. PHOTOS On Aug. 22, 2016 Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office published talks of Vladimir Putin’s adviser Sergey Glaziev with a number of people involved in organization of separatist movements in Crimea and southeastern Ukraine. 92 683 59 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine
Prosecutor General Lutsenko discussed conflict between NABU and PGO with Sytnyk and Kholodnytskyi. PHOTO Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko held meeting with Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk and Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) Nazar Kholodnytskyi regarding the conflict between the members of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) and the NABU. 50 314 137
"Lutsenko, keep your hands off NABU!" - rally underway outside PGO. PHOTOS A rally outside the building of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) is demanding a probe into the recent clash involving PGO employees and National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) special forces. 49 090 185 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Photos of Yefremov’s arrest made public by PGO. PHOTOS The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has published photos of the detention of the ex-leader of the parliamentary faction of the Party of Regions Oleksandr Yefremov at Boryspil airport. 224 788 239 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov
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