In the photo — SBU Major General Serhiy Duka, who provided protection to the Burkina cartel, which was engaged in fraud,...

In the photo — SBU Major General Serhiy Duka, who provided protection to the Burkina cartel, which was engaged in fraud, drug trafficking, and the production of counterfeit euros. Duka warned cartel members about law enforcement actions, interfered with police work, and tried through the Prosecutor General’s Office leadership to unblock $2,41 million in cryptocurrency belonging to Andriy Osypov (“Kryminal”),— the Burkina overseer for Ukraine. Osypov used a special permit to travel during the curfew, issued based on a letter from a subordinate of Duka, crossed the border without hindrance, and visited the SBU building for meetings with the agency’s leaders organized by Duka. Duka’s lawyers are asking for court hearings to be held without journalists: their presence, the defense claims, could have a negative effect on the general’s health.