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More than 100 BEB raids, an underground factory, and million-dollar UVAPE flows: we’re tightening the network further
The shadow market for e-cigarettes in a country at war continues to operate despite high-profile law enforcement operations. 🤷♂️The Bureau of Economic Security twice reported eliminating illegal production by the #UVAPE network, counting more than 110 raids, seven production lines, and assets worth 80 million UAH.
In the spring of 2025, detectives discovered a factory in Hlybochytsia, Zhytomyr region, with products worth 50 million UAH, and in 13 April 2026 they carried out over 70 additional raids, seizing goods and equipment worth another 30 million UAH. We established that the budget lost at least 💰20 million UAH in unpaid excise. Despite this, the business did not stop; it merely changed its legal signboards.
Production is linked to LLC UVP LAB V. Sovyak with zero revenue for 2025 year, while retail was distributed among Freytis, Zentos, Rixated, Liftend, Trintals, Kantrix companies and LLC Restrayd A. Korzh. Banned nicotine was presented to buyers as free gifts, payments were disguised as entertainment, and the activity itself was covered by members of parliament. In addition, we recorded ties to Servant of the People MP Anatoliy Kostyukh and his structures such as Tisa-Energy Group.
Against the backdrop of all the facts described, it becomes clear that paltry fines of 26 thousand UAH when a single outlet’s daily revenue is 7 thousand UAH turn law enforcement’s efforts into a mere PR show for reporting, and flashy raids do not destroy the monopoly’s financial model.
We have long submitted complaints demanding a comprehensive audit of LLC Sot Networking, LLC Freytis, and LLC Tisa-Energy Group, to document smuggling channels and recover all funds unpaid to the budget. ⁉️So, Mr. Tsivinsky, where is your procedural response and what are the concrete results of your work?
Materials on the topic:
▫️The UVAPE network opens new outlets while BEB reports a successful special operation
▫️Results of our fight: BEB storms the UVAPE network
▫️The UVAPE network sells prohibited flavored liquids, and Servant of the People MP Anatoliy Kostyukh provides its cover
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