Searches underway at premises of prosecutor general, his deputy and Odesa Oblast governor – UP sources

Ukrainska Pravda has learned that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) are conducting searches at premises belonging to Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, his deputy Mariia Vdovychenko and Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources

Details: According to Ukrainska Pravda's sources, NABU and SAPO have conducted searches at premises belonging to the prosecutor general, his deputy and the head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration.

However, Mariana Haiovska, spokesperson for the Prosecutor General's Office, denied to UP that a search had been conducted at the prosecutor general's premises. She said that investigators did not carry out any investigative actions either at the prosecutor general's home or in his office.

This news has been updated since publication.

Background:

• On the evening of 4 September, it was reported that NAPO and SAPO were conducting investigative actions at the Prosecutor General's Office as part of a special operation to expose a criminal organisation.
• According to Ukrainska Pravda sources in business circles, NABU and SAPO have detained Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the International Legal Cooperation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office.
• NABU and SAPO said they were conducting a special operation to expose a criminal organisation headed by an official from the Prosecutor General's Office and involved in protecting a network of scam call centres and money laundering.
• The Prosecutor General's Office said it will cooperate fully with the anti-corruption agencies in the case.
• The Prosecutor General's Office added that it will suspend the employee whose possible involvement in unlawful activities is being investigated.

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