The President urged the Rada to restore asset declarations for all SBU employees — all of this is shameful

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the Verkhovna Rada to urgently pass a law restoring asset declarations for all employees of the Security Service of Ukraine. According to the president, last week brought troubling news about the Security Service, which has already seen dismissals, and more personnel decisions are ahead.

He stated this on November 7 in his Telegram channel. Zelensky emphasized that the investigation must establish the full truth, and those who ordered crimes and violence against people must be held to account.

The president said he approved the relevant bill so that the way of life and wealth of SBU officers would be subject to checks and accountability, just as in other agencies. The president spoke in the context of the investigation of the Carfagen case, which involves high-ranking SBU officials, the Office of the Prosecutor General, and the National Police.

"I know support from partners is needed for this, regarding the so-called 'Chempro,’ and discussions with America on this have already taken place at an appropriate level. We need results," said President Zelensky.

The president also revealed that one of the defendants in this case has already begun coordinating criminal activity in Poland and is trying to organize supplies of synthetic drugs to Germany. Zelensky noted that the Ukrainian side will pass along all available information to foreign partners.

Why the idea to restore declarations for the SBU arose

Currently, SBU officers are exempt from mandatory public declarations of income and property, which is standard for other civil servants and law enforcement. The president's initiative emerged amid a loud corruption scandal in which investigators found that high-ranking security officials concealed the activities of a criminal group. Zelensky emphasized that the new law should make the financial status of SBU employees transparent and controllable, as in other agencies, not only the law enforcement ones.

Earlier, Informator reported that the High Anti-Corruption Court 6 on November ⟦KEEP_B2⟧ chose to detain the former first deputy head of the Department for National Statehood Protection of the SBU, General Serhiy Duka, with an alternative bail of 65 million hryvnias. According to investigators, Duka, under the alias "Akim," provided cover for the group's activities from the attention of colleagues in the security services.

We also wrote that among the individuals involved in the Carfagen case is Russian citizen Yegor Burkin, nicknamed the "Mexican," the leader of the drug cartel "Chempro," who has been wanted since 2019 and maintained contacts with the FSB of Russia.