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Sytnyk Defends NABU Employee Over Alleged Moonlighting

NABU Chief Artem Sytnyk claimed during a press-conference on Monday that the SBU proceeding against an NABU employee with regard to alleged unlawful moonlighting was nonsense.

SBU Accuses NABU Official of Corruption Due to Moonlighting as a Trainer

SBU claims to have uncovered corruption at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, as head of one of the departments there was also earning money at another organization.

SBU Refuses to Disclose its Involvement in Surveillance of Sheremet

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has refused to report whether it organized surveillance of Ukrayinska Pravda journalist Pavel Sheremet and Founding Editor Olena Prytula.

Lutsenko: SBU Has Questions to Answer on ‘Illegal Eavesdropping’

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has to answer most questions regarding recent allegations of illegal eavesdropping.

SBU Lieutenant Colonel Arrested Over Attack on Cash Transit Van

A court has detained a lieutenant colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) who is suspected of being involved in an armed attack on PrivatBank cash transit van on July 21 in Kharkiv oblast.

Seaport Administration Chief Charged With Embezzlement

On July 29, the Security Service of Ukraine charged the Chief of the state-run company Seaport Administration of Ukraine Andrii Amelin.

Lutsenko Promises Arrests of Top Security Service Officials

Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko announced that a group of top Security Service of Ukraine officials “with many stars on their shoulders” will be arrested in the near future on allegations of torture and extortion.

SBU Conducts Search in State Fiscal Service

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has raided the Audit Department of the State Fiscal Service, where officials are believed to have been illegally selling information from the customs database.

SBU Reports Breaking Up Militants’ Money Laundering Operation

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blocked the activities of an online front that was used to launder money for militants from the unrecognized republics in the non-government controlled territories in eastern Ukraine.

Tandyt: Already Six Lines of Enquiry into Sheremet Murder

The investigation already has six lines of enquiry into the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, Advisor to the Head of the SBU Yuriy Tandyt said on 112 TV channel on the night of Wednesday, July 20.

Kasko: New Deputy Head of SBU Is Corrupt

Former Deputy Head of the Prosecutor General’s office Vitaliy Kasko claims that Pavlo Demchyna, who was appointed the new Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) by President Petro Poroshenko, is involved in corruption.

Poroshenko Appoints Deputy Head of SBU and Chiefs of Two Regional Departments

On July 16, President Poroshenko changed some managers of State Security Service of Ukraine.

First Deputy Chief of State Labor Service Detained for Bribe-Taking

The Prosecutor General’s Office and State Security Service detained the First Deputy Chief of the State Labor Service Mykhailo Bardonov on taking a ₴100 thousand bribe.

Money Laundering Scheme Shut Down by SBU in Luhansk Oblast

The SBU shut down a criminal group, involved in money laundering and financing militants of the TROLO (Certain Rayons of Luhansk Oblast that are Temporarily Occupied by pro-Russian militants and the Russian Army).

SBU Says it Cannot Block Controversial Website ‘Myrotvorets’

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed that no mechanisms to block access to the controversial website ‘Myrotvorets’ were available in Ukraine.

SBU ‘to Suspend Accreditation of Journalists Who Disclosed Positions of Ukrainian Forces’

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has been asked to suspend accreditation of three journalists who disclosed positions of Ukrainian forces.

Deputy Health Minister Arrested for Bribe-Taking

Law enforcement officers detained Deputy Minister for Health Roman Vasylyshyn and his accomplice for bribe-taking. The court put him in jail until September 3.

MPs, NABU Recommend Parliament Allow Eavesdropping

Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) should be allowed to eavesdrop independently.

GPU Finds Weapons Stolen from War Zone during Search in “Dnipro-1” Regiment

The General Prosecutor’s Office (GPU) and Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) found an unprecedented stockpile of weapons, ammunition and explosives illegally taken from the war zone.

SBU Detains Kharkiv Separatist

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained infamous Kharkiv journalist Andrii Borodavka who was hiding in Russia as he was suspected of attempted violation of the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine.

SBU: Money Laundering Operation Broken Up in Kyiv

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) together with the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine and police claim to have stopped the activities of a front which laundered more than ₴1 billion in 2014–2016.

Scheme ‘Embezzled ₴12 Million’ Raised for Ukrainian Veterans

The State Security Service (SBU) of Ukraine together with the prosecutor’s office unmasked offenders who embezzled money allocated for psychological rehabilitation of Ukrainian veterans.

Court ‘Requests to Investigate SBU Attack on Journalists’

A court has again requested the Military Prosecutor’s Office renew criminal investigation of a case when Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officers obstructed the activities of journalists of the ‘Schemes’ show.

SBU: Former MP Aleksandrovska Conspired with the FSB

Former deputy from the Communist Party of Ukraine Alla Aleksandrovska attempted to bribe the deputies of local councils to support changes to the Ukrainian Constitution on federalization.

Hearings on Murder of SBU Officer Closed to the Public

A preliminary hearing in the case of last year’s murder of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer Viktor Mandzyk in Volnovakha will now be closed to the public.

SBU Finds a Cache with Weapons near Marinka

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) found a cache with many weapons in Marinka district of Donetsk oblast.

SBU Expels Russian Colonel from JCCC

The Security Service of Ukraine has uncovered actions of the Chief of Staff of the Russian mission at the Joint Center on Control and Coordination (JCCC) on issues related to the ceasefire regime that are contrary to the Minsk agreements.

SBU: Russian Secret Service Tried to Recruit Ukrainian Diplomat

Russia’s intelligence service (FSB) attempted to recruit a cypher officer of Ukraine’s embassy in Moscow.

Tandyt: Ukraine Negotiating the Release of 25 Hostages

Ukraine is negotiating the speedy release of 25 Ukrainian hostages.

Russian Diplomat Caught Attempting to Bribe Ukrainian Police Officer

The Ukrainian State Security Service (SBU) caught a diplomat of Russian Consulate General in Kharkiv attempting to bribe a Ukrainian police officer.