KIEV: Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators on Monday raided the home and office of a powerful mayor at the centre of a politically charged embezzlement probe.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said the searches were conducted at the premises of Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov and his associates.
The Black Sea city’s authorities are being probed for allegedly pocketing money from contracts assigned for repairing a highway and awarding loans that vanished but were meant to help refurbish the local airport.
“Since detectives are also checking the possibility of the Odessa mayor’s involvement in these criminal offences, the searches are being held at his …read more
Source: theSun
