Operation Carthage

Journalist Denys Kazanskyi says unknown account offered him interview with 'Mexican' from NABU tapes

Ukrainian journalist and blogger Denys Kazanskyi said that an unknown account had contacted him days earlier with an offer to interview Yehor Burkin, a key figure in the Carthage case on Nov. 14.

14 November, 11:47 PM

'No time to read fiction,' Zelenskyy says as he dismisses questions about former prosecutor general Kravchenko

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that no candidate had been identified for prosecutor general following Ruslan Kravchenko's flight, leaving an acting official in charge of the Prosecutor General's Office on Nov. 13.

14 November, 09:49 PM

Zelenskyy says Poklad and Klymenko were not involved in corruption linked to Carthage case

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi, SBU head Oleksandr Poklad and former Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko were not involved in the Carthage case concerning Khimprom and fraudulent call centers on Nov. 13.

14 November, 08:17 PM

NABU tapes figure known as Mexican claims police took bribes to protect scam call centers in two-hour interview

Fraudulent call centers exposed in Ukraine's Carthage operation brought in about $20 billion annually and allegedly paid $370 million in bribes to law enforcement, a person identifying himself as Yehor Burkin claimed in an interview on Nov. 14.

14 November, 02:55 PM

Two police officers implicated in Carthage case to be dismissed soon – Interior Minister Vyhivskyi

Two Ukrainian police officers implicated in the Carthage case are expected to be dismissed soon and remain suspended pending an internal investigation, Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi told parliament on Nov. 13.

13 November, 06:58 PM

SBU general Serhiy Duka leaves detention after bail paid in Carthage case

SBU Maj. Gen. Serhiy Duka, who is implicated in the Carthage case, was released from custody after bail of 65 million hryvnias ($1.4 million) was paid on Nov. 13, according to Radio Liberty.

13 November, 06:27 PM

Entire bail amount paid for SBU general implicated in Carthage case

The full UAH 65 million ($1.4 million) bail has been posted for Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Maj. Gen. Serhii Duka, who is suspected of involvement in corruption schemes linked to Operation Carthage, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC).

13 November, 12:40 PM

Tsenov suspended from National Police post; other law enforcement officers to be checked

Ukraine's National Police have suspended Volodymyr Tsenov, first deputy head of the Strategic Investigations Department, from duty. He is a suspect in the Carthage case over alleged participation in a criminal organization and receiving bribes, the National Police said on Nov. 12, in response to a request from Schemes, the investigative project of Radio Liberty.

12 November, 07:24 PM

$1.4 million bail nearly paid for SBU general in major corruption probe

NV has learned from Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) how much money SBU General Serhii Duka still needs to secure his release from pretrial detention.

12 November, 03:50 PM

Can Ukraine hold online elections? We examine the obstacles and why Zelenskyy is pushing the idea

NV looks into whether Ukraine is ready to hold online elections, what obstacles stand in the way, and why President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has raised the issue.

11 November, 10:22 AM

Operation Carthage exposes threats to national security, MP suggests

Operation Carthage, ran by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), reveals that entrenched corruption undermines national security, opposition MP Andrii Osadchuk told NV Radio on Nov. 10.

11 November, 01:24 AM

Zhelezniak outlines how Ukraine could reform law enforcement after Carthage operation and gain UAH 1 trillion

Holos party lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak discussed the need to pass legislation to reform Ukraine's law enforcement system following the Carthage case and obstacles to doing so in an interview with Radio NV on Nov. 10.

10 November, 04:20 PM

MP Zheleznyak accuses Zelenskyy of blocking law enforcement reforms after Carthage — NV interview

Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a lawmaker from the Holos (Voice) parliamentary faction and first deputy chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Committee, discussed the legislation needed to reform Ukraine’s law enforcement system following the Carthage case and what is preventing those reforms in an interview with Radio NV.

10 November, 02:22 PM

Zelenskyy’s silence on Carthage amounts to a cover-up, journalist alleges

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is covering up the scandal surrounding the Carthage case by refusing to draw public attention to it, Yurii Nikolov, an editor at the investigative journalism project Nashi Groshi (Our Money), said in an interview with Radio NV.

10 November, 11:07 AM

Carthage probe is just ‘tip of the iceberg,’ NABU detective chief Abakumov warns

The second phase of Operation Carthage is just the “tip of the iceberg,” with much of the investigative material still undisclosed, Oleksandr Abakumov, head of a detective unit at Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), wrote on social media on Nov. 9.

9 November, 05:57 PM

NV maps Carthage case and alleged ties between law enforcement and crime

New revelations in the Carthage case, exposing alleged links between several senior law enforcement officials and a criminal network, have become one of Ukraine’s most high-profile political developments this fall. NV has compiled an infographic detailing both the latest revelations and earlier findings in the case.

9 November, 05:24 PM

Khimprom criminal network could not operate for years without government protection

European Solidarity lawmaker Mykola Kniazhytskyi discussed the Khimprom criminal network scandal, alleged ties between organized crime and law enforcement, accountability among security chiefs and mobilization failures in an interview with Radio NV on Nov. 9.

9 November, 01:38 PM

SBU staff reportedly ordered to pay up to 150,000 hryvnias toward general’s bail

Regional employees of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service are being required to contribute money toward bail for General Serhii Duka, who is suspected of involvement in a criminal organization in the Carthage case, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing a law enforcement source.

9 November, 12:55 AM

Zelenskyy backs mandatory SBU asset disclosures amid Carthage scandal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the latest scandal surrounding the Carthage case for the first time and announced plans to restore mandatory asset declarations for all employees of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service in a video address on Nov. 7.

8 November, 10:39 AM

Ukraine's unreformed law enforcement enabled criminal businesses, Kaleniuk says

The close ties between illegal criminal businesses and Ukraine's unreformed law enforcement agencies were responsible for the offenses recently uncovered and disclosed by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) in the Operation Carthage case, according to Daria Kaleniuk, executive director of the Anti-Corruption Action Center.

7 November, 11:22 AM

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