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Ukraine's cyber police helps dismantle BlackSuit ransomware network

Operatives from Ukraine’s Cyber Police Department participated in the international police operation codenamed Checkmate, which shut down the activities of the BlackSuit cybercrime group, Ukraine’s National Police reported on July 29.

30 July 2025, 08:42 PM

Police report 67 arrests in $48 million drug bust

Ukraine’s National Police has shut down a vast network of drug manufacturing facilities across the country, arresting 67 people, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced on May 14.

14 May 2025, 08:34 PM

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast local councilman arrested on kidnapping and extortion charges

Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have detained a local councilman in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for leading a criminal group charged with demanding a $2.5 million ransom from their kidnapping victim, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Nov. 18.

19 November 2024, 01:21 AM

United Russia official accused of holding slaves and forced labor

A councillor from United Russia in Vladimir Oblast has been arrested for holding slaves and forcing them to work without pay, including a veteran of the war against Ukraine, The Moscow Times reported on Oct. 25.

25 October 2024, 05:45 PM

Human trafficking ring exploiting Ukrainian refugees dismantled in Spain - Europol

A criminal group involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation was dismantled by the Spanish National Police, with the majority of the victims being Ukrainian refugees, the Europol reported on June 21.

22 June 2024, 11:18 AM

NABU accuses Agriculture Minister and several other officials of land embezzlement

Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi is suspected of leading a criminal group of State Geocadastre officials and so-called “curators” who controlled their activities and were involved in the illegal seizure of state land worth hundreds of millions, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) reported on Telegram on April 23.

23 April 2024, 12:41 PM

Food safety officials in Ukraine arrested for multimillion-dollar corruption

The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has apprehended several Food Safety Officials' in Odesa and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, involved in a corruption scheme that netted millions from agricultural exporters, SBI reported on April 2.

2 April 2024, 05:01 PM

Criminal group, led by former presidential aide, embezzles $2.5 million from Ukraine’s state railway company

An organized group, led by a former advisor to the Presidential Office, was uncovered by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, allegedly involved in embezzling nearly UAH 100 million ($2.5 million) from state railways Ukrzaliznytsia, as reported on Telegram on Apr. 2.

2 April 2024, 01:46 PM

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