Section: Investigations

      British political scientist shows how Kremlin uses Russia`s criminal networks in Europe
      Apr20

      British political scientist shows how Kremlin uses Russia`s criminal networks in Europe

      Over the past 20 years, the role of Russian organized crime in Europe has shifted considerably, Mark Galeotti, a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague and coordinator of its Centre for European Security, a widely-published specialist on Russian security issues, wrote in his analytical material published by the...

      NBU refutes allegations of involvement in money pumping via Austrian banks
      Apr19

      NBU refutes allegations of involvement in money pumping via Austrian banks

      The National Bank of Ukraine has denied accusations of involvement in the withdrawal refinancing funds through Austrian banks specializing in similar services for clients from CIS states, as reported on the NBU website. The report says correspondent accounts in these Austrian banks were used to artificially inflate the banks` capital and withdraw...

      Ukraine`s corruption prevention agency verifying about 100 e-declarations of Ukrainian officials
      Apr18

      Ukraine`s corruption prevention agency verifying about 100 e-declarations of Ukrainian officials

      Deputy Chairman of Ukraine`s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAPC) Ruslan Radetsky has announced his agency is conducting full verification of almost 100 electronic declarations of officials along with special checks on 3,000 statements, according to TV Channel 112 Ukraine. ”The full verification will continue to check information about...

      National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine forwards to court case on theft of UAH 82 mln investment in Air Express
      Apr16

      National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine forwards to court case on theft of UAH 82 mln investment in Air Express

      Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have completed a pre-trial investigation into the theft of almost UAH 82 million, or US$3 million, related to the state-owned enterprise Directorate for Construction and Management of National Project Air Express and other infrastructure facilities in Kyiv region, according to...

      Hromadske journalist reports shooting amid filming Akhmetov`s estate with UAV
      Apr15

      Hromadske journalist reports shooting amid filming Akhmetov`s estate with UAV

      An unknown person is reported to have shot at Hromadske journalist Maksym Opanasenko five times while a TV crew was collecting information for an investigative program ”Slidstvo.Info,” according to the Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske. The journalists remained unharmed, Hromadske reported. The incident took place in the village of Plyuty in Kyiv...

      FBI obtained Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page
      Apr12

      FBI obtained Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page

      The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said, according to The Washington Post (WP). The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the...

      SBU busts organ traffickers in Kyiv
      Apr12

      SBU busts organ traffickers in Kyiv

      Members of the transnational criminal ring specializing on human organs trafficking were detained at an airport in Kyiv in a joint raid by the Security Service of Ukraine and National Police, according to the SBU website. During an investigation, the law enforcers revealed perpetrators from Ukraine and several other countries were looking for...

      Russian teen detained over explosives found near Oslo subway – DW
      Apr10

      Russian teen detained over explosives found near Oslo subway – DW

      Norwegian police said on Sunday that they had raised the country`s security threat level the day after an explosive was found near a busy subway station in Oslo. Authorities also announced that they had apprehended a suspect over the incident, Deutsche Welle reported. The suspect was a 17-year-old Russian national who had been living in Norway...

      Poland accuses Russian air traffic controllers over Smolensk air crash
      Apr03

      Poland accuses Russian air traffic controllers over Smolensk air crash

      Polish prosecutors said on Monday they would press charges against two Russian air traffic controllers of deliberately causing a 2010 plane crash that killed Poland`s president and 95 other people, according to Reuters. The crash near Smolensk in western Russia killed the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, as well as the central bank...

      148 billion USD was pumped from Ukraine to offshore jurisdictions since 1991
      Apr02

      148 billion USD was pumped from Ukraine to offshore jurisdictions since 1991

      Over the period from 1991 to the present day, some $148 billion has been withdrawn from Ukraine to offshore jurisdictions, according to various estimates, according to Inna Shovkun, a leading researcher at the Institute of Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, who wrote an article for the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia...