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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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Nearly UAH 3bn in losses: SBI uncovers large-scale scheme in supply of unfit mines for Ukraine’s Armed Forces. VIDEO Under prosecutors’ procedural supervision, a pre-trial investigation is being conducted into alleged misappropriation of budget funds on an especially large scale, laundering of criminal proceeds, and the creation of and participation in a criminal organization. 3 892 29
Salaries of prosecutors to be raised by 50-75% - Riaboshapka. VIDEO The salaries of prosecutors of a new Prosecutor General's Office will be significantly increased after passing of the competence assessment and the adoption of relevant government’s resolutions. 4 970 98
Lutsenko signs letter of resignation from post of prosecutor general Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has signed a letter of resignation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi. 8 678 135
Manher cannot be detained under law, he can only be invited to come to court voluntarily, - Lutsenko Head of the Kherson Regional Council Vladyslav Manher, who has been served charge papers as suspect in arranging the murder of Kateryna Handziuk, cannot be detained under the law. 9 058 148 Previously in trend: Attack on Handziuk
Ukraine’s top prosecutor Lutsenko announces his resignation Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yurii Lutsenko says he tenders his resignation on the backdrop of sluggish investigation into murder of Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk. 57 988 358 Previously in trend: Lutsenko surrenders office
"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
Ukraine's top prosecutor says names of Russian colonels who armed MP Savchenko for terror act known to investigators The investigators of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) have identified the Russian military officials who handed over weapons to Ukrainian MP Nadia Savchenko for committing acts of terror. 41 266 166 Previously in trend: Savchenko under arrest
"No charges brought against me," - Bubenchyk after visiting PGO Following Euromaidan activist Ivan Bubenchyk’s visit to the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), his lawyers said their client had not been placed in custody but was still a suspect. 29 525 125 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Bubenchyk
Ukraine’s top anti-corruption prosecutor Kholodnytskyi visits PGO to give testimony Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) Nazar Kholodnytskyi came to the Prosecutor General's Office for interview on Tuesday morning. 5 727 15 Previously in trend: Resignation of Kholodnytsky
Prosecutor general: MP Savchenko plotted terrorist attack on parliament Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko said the Prosecutor General’s Office filed a motion to receive the parliament’s consent on Nadia Savchenko’s detention to bringing her to criminal responsibility. 278 329 1 227
Biden concerned about backsliding in Kyiv’s fight against corruption. VIDEO Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden believes that corruption remains Ukraine’ greatest problem and recommends the Trump Administration to carefully record what the Ukrainian representatives say and check how they fulfill their promises. 113 404 585
Lutsenko: It’s not Saakashvili whom PGO suspects of attempted coup but his right-hand man Dangadze Ukraine’s Prosecutor General's Office denies that it suspects Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Mikheil Saakashvili of plotting a takeover funded by runaway oligarch Serhii Kurchenko. 22 318 468 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili
PPB faction head Herasymov seeks law enforcement chiefs to report on recent conflict between agencies Leader of Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) faction Artur Herasymov demands the chiefs of NABU, SAP, PGO and SBU to be summoned to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to report on recent developments in the case of State Migration Service First Deputy Chief Dina Pimakhova and the NABU agents. 8 114 76 Previously in trend: Apprehension of NABU detective
PGO names hirer of Voronenkov assassin - it's Russian mafia boss Tyurin Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) has finished investigation into the criminal case of murder of former State Duma of Russia MP Denys Voronenkov in Kyiv downtown in spring 2017. 86 397 162 Previously in trend: Voronenkov assassinated
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
"Operating expenses would require $100,000": MP Rozenblat in PGO investigative records. VIDEO (in Russian) Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has presented investigative videos that prove involvement of MP Boryslav Rozenblat in corruption schemes. The video is in Russian. Please beware of rude language. 132 838 148 Previously in trend: Case of Rozenblat and Poliakov
Regulation committee has not recommended Rada to lift immunity of MP Deidei, says PGO motion "not enough substantiated" The Verkhovna Rada regulation committee ruled that the PGO's motion on allowing indictment of People's Front MP Yevhen Deidei is "not enough substantiated and motivated, and does not contain concrete facts." 40 467 226
Prosecutor General's Office investigates activities of some ministers of Hroisman's cabinet, - Lutsenko Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office is investigating activities of several ministers of the acting Cabinet. 17 166 69 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
PGO to request life imprisonment for Yanukovych, - prosecutor Kravchenko The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) intends to request the Obolonskyi district court of Kyiv to give a life sentence to ex-president Viktor Yanukovych. 14 645 108
Prosecutor general says funds confiscated from Yanukovych are kept on hundred accounts, vows budget will get them today Ukraine’s top prosecutor delved into the Yanukovych regime slush fund generated from the money stolen from "each Ukrainian," as put by Lutsenko. 23 048 106 Previously in trend: Party of Regions' off-the-book payments
Preceeding Antimonopoly Committee authorities covered activities of Ukraine’s dominant tobacco distributor, - PGO The former leadership of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) let Tedis tobacco distributor become the dominant company by turning a blind eye to its violations. 19 898 30
Six Ukrnafta offices raided as part of understated oil price probe, - PGO No conflict situations resulting from the searches have been reported. 13 294 29
PGO conducting searches in Ukrnafta company. VIDEO+PHOTOS (updated) The searches are made in the central office of the company. 18 640 4
Prosecutor General Lutsenko: “If people in charge of Kniazhychi operation face prison terms, why Sadovyi thinks four rescuers’ death means nothing?” Those responsible for the death of rescuers at fire on Hrybovychi landfill near Lviv will be determined by the investigation. 66 272 421
Katsuba takes plea bargain, testifies against higher-ranking ring members, - prosecutor general The court released Naftohaz Ukrainy NJSC ex-Deputy Head Oleksandr Katsuba from jail after he testified against higher-ranking members of his criminal ring. 51 541 87
PGO claims new video of Instytutska massacre shows full picture of events. VIDEO The author of the video is currently unknown. 49 064 39
Lutsenko slams fake cases against foreign investors in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko has urged his subordinates to keep a close eye on the cases instituted against domestic medium-sized businesses and foreign investors. 26 769 109
Pokrovsk prosecutors’ office employee opens fire at café, goes unpunished. Surveillance Footage A member of the Donetsk region’s Pokrovsk city (formerly Krasnoarmiisk) prosecutor’s office opened fire at a café on Sunday, Jan. 29. The café owners said the gunman was working as a driver in the local prosecutor's office. 84 206 110
Prosecutor apprehended in Zaporizhia snorted amphetamines making lines on case files, - PGO. VIDEO+PHOTOS A member of Zaporizhia Prosecutor's Office detained on suspicion of drug distribution was in charge of public prosecution in proceedings related to drug trafficking. 49 875 76
Rada's National Security Committee will address PGO on accusing MP Savchenko of high treason MP Ivan Vynnyk earlier called to exclude Savchenko from the committee due to the fact of the high treason. 69 999 272
"Welcome to Ukraine, Viktor Fedorovych, you'll find justice and law," - Lutsenko doubts effectiveness of interviewing Yanukovych via videoconferencing The interviewing of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych via videoconferencing in connection with the events that took place during the Revolution of Dignity is unlikely to provide valuable information. 10 737 71 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
Maidan massacre case may be referred to International Criminal Court, - Lutsenko Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko expects Head of PGO's Special Investigations Department Serhii Horbatiuk to demonstrate progress in the investigation of cases against former government officials involved in the Maidan crimes. 3 725 29 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
"We are replacing every third head of local prosecutor's offices", - Lutsenko There are about 600 job openings in the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine. 11 472 97
"Germany, France, Poland foreign ministers' repeated visits to Yanukovych raise certain questions," - Yatseniuk on probe of Maidan massacre The investigation is trying to reproduce the entire string of events that preceded the Revolution of Dignity and the bloody events of winter 2014. 22 756 63
Field of fire at Maidan activists in February 2014 was within Berkut company’s position, - prosecutor Most experts believe that the effective field of fire provided at the Maidan protesters in February 2014 was within the position of the Berkut Special Operations Company, namely behind the concrete barricade outside Khreshchatyk metro station entrance. 54 806 32 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
Lutsenko to demand stripping immunity of MP Skoryk The member of parliament is suspected of involvement in Odesa riots of Feb.19, 2014. 34 526 65 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
"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
US to assist PGO to secretly screen agency members, prosecutor general says A new department secretly screening members of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) for involvement in corrupt practices will be established within the agency with the assistance of the United States. 21 567 95 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko
PGO seizes cars, cottages, restaurants of former tax police head and his relatives worth some 480M hryvnia. VIDEO The Chief Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine has taken inventory and carried out the seizure of property belonging to the former first deputy chairman of the State Tax Service of Ukraine-head of the Tax Police of Ukraine and his family members. 112 706 150
Unique military expertise on Ilovaisk tragedy is over, - Deputy Prosecutor General Storozhuk On Monday, Aug. 29, First Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Dmytro Storozhuk and First Deputy of Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Zherbytskyi met with relatives of soldiers who were killed near Ilovaisk in August 2014. 27 299 84
Relatives of Ilovaisk tragedy victims picketed PGO, demanded Matios' resignation. VIDEO+PHOTOS Relatives and comrades of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the battle for Ilovaisk picketed the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, demanding the resignation of Chief Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios and transfer of the Ilovaisk case to court. 22 759 119
"We demand to file the case with court, want to know who is to blame," - survived Ilovaisk fighters launched rally outside PGO. VIDEO Soldiers that survived in the battle for Ilovaisk started a rally near the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), demanding to punish those responsible for the tragedy that happened two years ago. 62 911 286
Russia’s high-ranking officials must be put on international wanted list, Ukraine’s prosecutor general says The international law enforcement institutions (Interpol and Europol) must put Russian senior officials and generals of the Russian Armed Forces on the international wanted list for waging war against Ukraine. 14 243 74
Both sides of conflict committed violations, - Lutsenko on confrontation between PGO, NABU Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko urges the society to avoid splitting into "those who support the NABU and those who stand by the PGO." 37 803 181 Previously in trend: Search in NABU
"Last developments indicate NABU's work will be repeatedly obstructed," - MP Nayyem Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP Mustafa Nayyem claims the actions of the Prosecutor General's Office against the National Anti-Corruption Bureau can be described as counter-revolutionary. 24 938 92 Previously in trend: Search in NABU
Footage of broil between PGO and NABU members does not reflect event history, - NABU. VIDEO All actions of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) employees during the covert investigation and the subsequent conflict with the members of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (PGO) on Aug. 12 were lawful. 17 506 52
Turchynov, Yatseniuk, and Avakov testified in Maidan crackdown cases while Liashko gets rattled by summons, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Both former and current high-ranking Ukrainian officials regularly come for questionings on cases initiated into the Maidan crackdown, while leader of the Radical Party Oleh Liashko is overanxious about them. 11 984 48 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
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