Section: Investigations

      Pentagon: Coalition airstrike in Syria kills 2 men behind Paris attacks
      Dec14

      Pentagon: Coalition airstrike in Syria kills 2 men behind Paris attacks

      A coalition precision airstrike conducted on December 4 in Raqqa, Syria, resulted in the deaths of three ISIL leaders directly involved in facilitating external terror operations and recruiting foreign fighters. Two of those targeted – Salah Gourmat, and Sammy Djedou – were involved in facilitating the November 13, 2015, terrorist...

      Ukrainians are ready not pay bribes in order to stop corruption
      Dec13

      Ukrainians are ready not pay bribes in order to stop corruption

      2016 Global Corruption Barometer survey from Transparency International showed that 29% of Ukrainians are ready to not pay bribes, in order to stop corruption. While according to the previous 2013 Global Corruption Barometer survey (before the Revolution of Dignity) one in three Ukrainians were ready to go to the streets to fight corruption, this...

      Charitable foundation illegally sold 580 tonnes of humanitarian aid in Kyiv region
      Dec13

      Charitable foundation illegally sold 580 tonnes of humanitarian aid in Kyiv region

      The Prosecutor`s Office of Kyiv region revealed 580 tonnes of humanitarian aid, which a charitable foundation had sold to various companies instead of its free distribution to the vulnerable population, the office`s press service wrote. According to the law enforcers, the officials of one of the charities in Kyiv region over 2015-2016 imported...

      Russia`s big cheat – investigation of Russian doping of athletes by The Washington Post
      Dec12

      Russia`s big cheat – investigation of Russian doping of athletes by The Washington Post

      For millennia, rules have been at the core of athletic competition. Not that they haven`t been broken, but the Olympics still stand for the principle of human striving on a level playing field, or the primacy of rules, according to The Washington Post. This is why the final report of Richard H. McLaren`s investigation into Russian doping of...

      Ukraine border guards prevent smuggling of military-purpose lamps from Moldova
      Dec12

      Ukraine border guards prevent smuggling of military-purpose lamps from Moldova

      State border guards in Chernihiv region prevented the smuggling into Ukraine of 12 missile lamps, the press service of the Chernihiv border guard unit reported. Last night, the Chernihiv unit border guards operating together with the fiscal service officers at Senkivka border checkpoint discovered 12 lamps for military purpose in a bus heading to...

      Paul Manafort accuses Ukraine of falsification Yanukovych’s ”black accounts” documents
      Dec11

      Paul Manafort accuses Ukraine of falsification Yanukovych’s ”black accounts” documents

      ”Black accounts” of the Party of Regions was a falsified document, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump`s former campaign manager, said during an interview with ”CBS This Morning” Friday. ”The government of Ukraine said that the ledger was a falsified document,” Manafort claimed, referencing a ledger examined by the New York Times that listed $12.7...

      Ukrainian police uncover flat allegedly with Azarov`s things: ”Icons, award guns, paintings”
      Dec11

      Ukrainian police uncover flat allegedly with Azarov`s things: ”Icons, award guns, paintings”

      Kyiv police have uncovered a flat in Darnytsia district, which had things allegedly belonging to former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. ”A flat used as a warehouse storing shopping bags stuffed with valuables and works of art was revealed in the [Ukrainian] capital`s Darnytsky district. Police officers uncovered it during an operation. Having...

      Yanukovych`s lawyer says when his client may return to Ukraine
      Dec11

      Yanukovych`s lawyer says when his client may return to Ukraine

      Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will return to Ukraine and will testify as soon as the danger to his life disappears, his lawyer Vitaliy Serdiuk said on 112 Ukraine TV channel. ”As soon as the danger to Viktor Yanukovych`s life disappears, he will take part in all court hearings,” Serdiuk said. As UNIAN reported earlier, on November...

      Half of Ukrainian Parliament members` e-declarations analyzed, 53 sent to anti-graft agency
      Dec10

      Half of Ukrainian Parliament members` e-declarations analyzed, 53 sent to anti-graft agency

      The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) of Ukraine has analyzed half of the electronic income declarations submitted by Verkhovna Rada deputies, following which 53 of the documents have been sent to the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC), according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”Half of MPs` electronic declarations have been...

      National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption asks police not to put pressure on it
      Dec10

      National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption asks police not to put pressure on it

      The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) is ready to provide access to e-declarations exclusively within the legal framework. Thus, the demand for full access to the electronic declarations of high-ranking officials is satisfied based on the decision of the investigating judge or the court, according to a statement on the...