First real crash test for Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions
The key question surrounding Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms was simple: could the system investigate people from the very top of political power?
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Ukraine just placed one of its highest-ranking corruption suspects under court-ordered custody
An anti-corruption court placed ex-presidential chief of staff Yermak in 60-day custody. The case alleges he helped launder $11 million through an elite housing project.
Ukraine anti-corruption agencies serve suspicion notice to ex-Presidential Office head Yermak over alleged $10M laundering
Andrii Yermak was once the most powerful official in Ukraine after Zelenskyy himself.
Hungary robbed $82 million from Ukraine’s state bank, now it has fabricated subtitles on a toilet-office joke video to justify it
They took a year-old private video from an illegally seized phone of couriers joking about preparing documents in a public restroom and added a phrase about "corruption money" that was never spoken to the subtitles.
213 Latvians, mostly teenagers, recruited for €1.6 million fraud scheme, Ukraine-Latvia investigation reveals
Ukraine and Latvia dismantle 300-person financial crime ring.
UK drug dealers bought a bank in Kyrgyzstan to funnel £1 billion into Russia’s war machine
Criminal group acquired 75% of Kyrgyz bank to funnel payments to Russian military.
Two Ukrainian ministers dismissed amid $100M Energoatom corruption scandal
A political explosion has erupted in Kyiv. On 19 November, the Ukrainian parliament voted to dismiss Justice Minister Herman…
FBI, EU-backed Ukrainian anti-corruption agency coordinate in major nuclear operator scandal, which involves Zelenskyy’s closest associate
New FBI officer arrives in Kyiv, immediately focuses on $100 million energy scandal.
Politico: Ukraine criticizes global body’s failure to blacklist Russia for financial crimes
Ukraine blasts FATF's decision to keep Russia off its "blacklist" of countries with the worst financial crime issues, arguing that Russia poses a threat to global security and finance.