Call centers, drugs and counterfeiting: Ukrainian intelligence services worked hand-in-hand with the mafia and protected an international drug cartel NABU detectives determined that the leadership of Ukraine's intelligence services worked closely with international organized crime, giving criminal groups immunity in exchange for money. Law enforcement officers turned a blind eye to drug trafficking, fraud centers and other criminal activities. Here are the main findings of the NABU investigation: One of the gang leaders is a Russian citizen known as "The Mexican", the founder of the Himprom drug cartel. In the recordings he mentions his connections with the FSB. With the help of the SBU, those involved gained access to the "Safe City" surveillance system, tracked people and collected information about future victims. The investigation materials also include photographs from a meeting of European law enforcement officials in Vienna. Following an investigation by Bihus. Information, gang members discussed how to silence journalists and activists who opposed the U420 stores. They planned to throw acid on the journalist Dennis Bihus. In the footage released by NABU, a man who crossed the cartel was seen being brutally beaten with a hammer. The owners of U420 discussed paying $500,000 to the ministers of the interior and health to prevent a ban on the network's products. The group controlled at least 52 fraud centers employing 2,700 workers. Law enforcement officers were paid about $7,000 a month to protect each center. A secret printing operation produced fake banknotes in denominations ranging from €5 to €500, with imitations of genuine security features. Those involved discussed fabricating evidence in a case involving NABU employees and putting pressure on a potential witness. NABU.

Call centers, drugs and counterfeiting: Ukrainian intelligence services worked hand-in-hand with the mafia and protected an international drug cartel NABU detectives determined that the leadership of Ukraine's intelligence services worked closely with international organized crime, giving criminal groups immunity in exchange for money. Law enforcement officers turned a blind eye to drug trafficking, fraud centers and other criminal activities. Here are the main findings of the NABU investigation: One of the gang leaders is a Russian citizen known as "The Mexican", the founder of the Himprom drug cartel. In the recordings he mentions his connections with the FSB. With the help of the SBU, those involved gained access to the "Safe City" surveillance system, tracked people and collected information about future victims. The investigation materials also include photographs from a meeting of European law enforcement officials in Vienna. Following an investigation by Bihus. Information, gang members discussed how to silence journalists and activists who opposed the U420 stores. They planned to throw acid on the journalist Dennis Bihus. In the footage released by NABU, a man who crossed the cartel was seen being brutally beaten with a hammer. The owners of U420 discussed paying $500,000 to the ministers of the interior and health to prevent a ban on the network's products. The group controlled at least 52 fraud centers employing 2,700 workers. Law enforcement officers were paid about $7,000 a month to protect each center. A secret printing operation produced fake banknotes in denominations ranging from €5 to €500, with imitations of genuine security features. Those involved discussed fabricating evidence in a case involving NABU employees and putting pressure on a potential witness. NABU.