“We’re going to bring indictment against senior official this week,” – Prosecutor General Lutsenko The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine is going to bring charges against a government body head this week. 38 330 237 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Crime boss Tytov and four cronies detained in Mykolaiv, - Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has announced detention of a crime boss and his cronies in the southern city of Mykolaiv. 74 095 129 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
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. 79 443 57 Previously in trend: Police workdays Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Prosecutor general dismisses ill-famed PGO investigator Sus, - media Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko dismissed major crimes investigator of the Main Investigation Directorate of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (PGO) Dmytro Sus. 47 561 54 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Yanukovych regime Deputy Minister Kiriushyn detained in Georgia, prosecutor general says Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko reported on detention of ex-Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy Ihor Kiriushyn in Georgia. 14 752 36 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
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. 16 292 30 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Grafters
Senior prosecutor caught in Kherson region accepting 400,000 hryvnia in bribe, - Lutsenko. PHOTO Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has reported that a deputy of a local prosecutor's office was nabbed in the Kherson region for extorting a bribe of 400,000 hryvnia ($14,869). 35 784 87 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Grafters
Kyiv Gulliver mall attached as part of Bank Mykhailivskyi bankruptcy case, - Lutsenko. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has announced that the assets of Gulliver shopping and entertainment center have been arrested. 25 742 20 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Law enforcers detain fraudster extorting $2M for alleged pressure on Kholodnytskyi in Onyshchenko case, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko. PHOTOS The members of Major Frauds Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (PGO) in conjunction with the NABU and SBU detectives exposed a large-scale fraud orchestrated by a citizen of Ukraine who extorted $2 million for alleged pressure on Head of the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) Nazar Kholodnytskyi. 31 231 52 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Onyshchenko case
Prosecutor general requests Rada’s consent to indict MP Novinsky Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko published the motion to the Verkhovna Rada to get its sanction to convict MP Novinsky of a criminal offense. 35 088 134 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Russian prosecutor's office provided irrefutable evidence of guilt of 229 former prosecutors of Crimea, - Lutsenko. DOCUMENT (in Russian) The prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation has announced that fugitive president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych signed a decree on withdrawal from citizenship of 590 prosecutors of Russian-occupied Crimea in 2014. 92 818 120 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
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. 37 267 51 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Grafters
Lutsenko to demand stripping immunity of MP Skoryk The member of parliament is suspected of involvement in Odesa riots of Feb.19, 2014. 34 381 65 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
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. 21 446 95 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko
"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. 48 959 185 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
"NABU or SBU illegally wiretapped suspect in unlawful investigation," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko does not rule out further searches in the premises of the Ukrainian Security Service under the case into warrantless eavesdropping of a person. 33 913 217 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Lutsenko personally served indictment against Supreme Economic Court judge Shvets. VIDEO Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko personally handed an indictment against judge of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine Viktor Shvets, charging him with criminal offenses. 56 957 112 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Prosecutor General Lutsenko replied to MP Leshchenko: "I can provide you no competition in secret meetings with oligarchs" Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko claims he has not met with Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi this year. 52 393 106 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Lutsenko announces detention of high-ranking SBU officials Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has announced detention of a group of top Security Service employees involved in torture and extortion. 77 123 158 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Rivne region’s prosecutor dismissed following 123 raids conducted by 300 law enforcers headed by prosecutor general and SBU chairman. PHOTOS The large-scale operation against amber mafia is underway in the Rivne region. 155 788 277 Previously in trend: Amber mafia Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Rivne region’s Deputy Prosecutor Borovyk detained, - prosecutor general’s press-secretary. PHOTOS Deputy Regional Prosecutor Andrii Borovyk has been detained in the city of Rivne during ‘Burshtyn’ (amber) operation. 28 754 61 Previously in trend: Amber mafia Prosecutor General Lutsenko
"President said I had a blank check - no one was untouchable. I practiced it twice," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko President Petro Poroshenko gave a blank check to Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko for his operations. 54 136 184 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
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. 54 648 101 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Prosecutor general requests parliament’s consent to arrest MP Onyshchenko. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has drafted a motion requesting the Verkhovna Rada’s consent to criminal prosecution, detention and pretrial confinement of lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko. 21 124 63 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko Onyshchenko case
Lutsenko dismissed deputies Sevruk, Hovda, and Zalisko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has dismissed Yurii Sevruk, Roman Hovda, and Oleh Zalisko as deputies prosecutor general. 31 794 44 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Hundreds of employees of Prosecutor's Office to be laid off, - Deputy Prosecutor General Telychenko Hundreds of layoffs are expected in the prosecutor's office in the nearest future. 33 609 111 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko
"Savchenko law" needs to be amended, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko opposes the reversal of the "Savchenko law", but believes it needs to be amended so that it does not release criminals who had conducted grave crimes. The law stipulates for counting one day spent by a convict in pre-trial detention as two days. 51 649 170 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
ATO fighter Shkutiak appointed chief of PGO's internal security Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has appointed Petro Shkutiak, an anti-terrorist operation combatant, head of PGO's internal security working group intended for verifying the integrity of prosecutors. 22 310 55 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
"I wouldn't be so excited in her place," - Lutsenko on closure of Lukash's case Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has confirmed the case of ex-Justice Minister Olena Lukash is dismissed and said it will be re-opened soon. 49 166 71 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Prosecutor General Lutsenko’ press conference.LIVE STREAM Recently appointed Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko gives his first press conference. 23 601 19 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko