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Ukrainska Pravda reports this, citing sources within law enforcement agencies.
The arrest took place as part of Operation ‘Carthage’, which the bureau had previously reported on. According to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), participants in the exposed scheme systematically paid bribes to law enforcement officials to ensure the unhindered operation of fraudulent call centres and other illegal businesses – “the sale of narcotic drugs, as well as the illegal production of counterfeit cigarettes and counterfeit foreign currency”.
The law enforcement statement also states that “they organised premeditated attacks, abductions and assaults in the interests of the criminal organisation. At least 12 people were involved in the organisation,” the publication quotes.
NABU also noted that the group’s organiser is “a man with multiple previous convictions”. According to the investigation, he recruited serving officials from the SBU, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the National Police and representatives of the criminal underworld into the scheme. “Ukrainska Pravda” reports that the individual in question is Andriy Osipov. He had previously been detained on suspicion of extorting $1 million from a Russian citizen.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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