Automatically translated version. May contain inaccuracies compared to the original.
NABU and SAP have notified five participants of a criminal organization of suspicion; the group was uncovered yesterday as part of Operation “Carthage”
What each is accused of:
“Kryminal” – organizer of the criminal organization Andriy Osipov – creating a criminal organization, leading such an organization or its structural parts; offering, promising, or giving an unlawful benefit to an official; torture; manufacture, storage, acquisition, transportation, mailing, importation into Ukraine for the purpose of using in the sale of goods, distribution of counterfeit money, or their distribution; legalization of property obtained by criminal means.
“Akim” – first deputy head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the SBU Serhiy Duka – creating a criminal organization or leading it, committed by an official using their official position.
“Price” – one of the heads of the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police Volodymyr Tsenov – creating or leading a criminal community or organization, as well as participating in it; accepting an offer, promise, or receipt of an unlawful benefit by an official.
“Consultant” – deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Main Department of the National Police in Kyiv region Oleksandr Demyanchuk – creating or leading a criminal community or organization, as well as participating in it; torture; manufacture, storage, acquisition, transportation, mailing, importation into Ukraine for the purpose of using in the sale of goods, distribution of counterfeit money, or their distribution.
A subordinate of the organizer of the criminal organization (the tapes mention “Boxer” and “Pasha”; currently pretrial measures for “Boxer” — Vitaliy Rybalka — are being considered in court, so this likely refers to him) – creating a criminal organization, leading such an organization or its structural parts; torture.
4 November NABU and SAP announced the uncovering of a criminal group during Operation “Carthage,” which included at least 12 people. It allegedly engaged in call centers, drug sales, and the production of counterfeit foreign currency. According to the investigation, law enforcement officers from the SBU, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the National Police were “covering” this.
NABU and SAP also released new “tapes” in this case, a detailed analysis of which you can read here