Demanded $5 million to have proceedings dropped: SSU has exposed lawyer in Kyiv. VIDEO&PHOTOS A lawyer has been arrested in Kyiv for demanding $5 million in exchange for helping to have criminal proceedings dropped. 18 693 37 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
He collected "tribute" from subordinates and tried to flee Ukraine: head of Security Police unit in Dnipropetrovsk region detained – SBI. VIDEO+PHOTOS The head of a Security Police unit in the Dnipropetrovsk region has been detained on suspicion of organising systematic extortion payments from his subordinates. More than 100 police officers paid their superiors between UAH 3,000 and UAH 8,000 each month, with the total "tribute" exceeding UAH... 5 566 25 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
Man demands $1 million to help avoid extradition to Russia, is detained – NABU. VIDEO+PHOTOS Anti-corruption agencies exposed an individual who demanded $1 million for assistance in resolving the issue of a citizen’s extradition to Russia. 4 780 16 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
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 –... 3 835 43 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
They posed as military personnel, tortured man and demanded $360,000 ransom – criminal gang has been exposed in Odesa. PHOTOS In Odesa, law enforcement officers have uncovered a group of individuals who kidnapped a businessman, held him captive, and demanded hundreds of thousands of dollars. 5 947 47 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds Kidnapping and ransom demands
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. 1 686 6 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
Serviceman detained for demanding 500,000 hryvnias from family of fallen defender in Vinnytsia region – SBI. VIDEO+PHOTOS A former soldier from one of the Vinnytsia region units was caught red-handed demanding money from the family of a fallen defender. 5 389 20 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
Extorted money from detainee in Kyiv pre-trial detention center – former "overseer" charged by police. VIDEO+PHOTOS During investigative and operational measures, officers of the National Police’s Strategic Investigations Department documented several instances of money being transferred to a former "overseer" who is currently held in a pre-trial detention center for committing an armed robbery. 4 178 6 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds