Anti-corruption agencies investigate prosecutor general, his deputy and head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration – 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

Background:

• On the evening of 4 September, it became known that NABU was 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 detained Serhii Kropyva, Deputy Head of the International Legal Cooperation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office.
• The Prosecutor General's Office said it will fully cooperate with anti-corruption agencies in the case concerning the operation of fraudulent call centres.
• 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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