Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies raid senior SBU call center bribery probe Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) say they uncovered a criminal organization that systematically paid law enforcement officials to protect fraud centers and other illegal businesses. They said senior officials from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the National Police and the Prosecutor General's Office were involved, along with criminal figures. NABU has not officially named suspects, but Ukrainian media have identified three SBU targets: Major General Sergei Duka, deputy head of the National State Defense Department; Colonel Anton Kravchuk, head of the Main Directorate for Internal Security; and Alexander Kovalchuk, first deputy head of those departments in Directorate D. About 70 searches are reportedly being conducted throughout the country. NABU says an SBU official threatened detectives at gunpoint and blocked a search. Reports in the Ukrainian media indicate Duka or his security detail, and SBU special forces also arrived at the scene. The SBU has confirmed the searches and says it is cooperating. The trail reportedly leads back to Andrei Osipov, an SBU broker currently in NABU custody. He is suspected of having demanded a million dollars from a Russian citizen so that the criminal trial and his extradition to Russia would disappear. Investigators reportedly found the links to SBU officials after checking his phone. Duka and Kravchuk are also reported to have overseen the strong side of last July's operations against NABU detectives and investigative journalists. Zelensky promoted Duka to general in February. Former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who has since left Ukraine, called the attacks "political revenge." "According to him, the three official units were involved in the investigation of NABU director Semyon Kribonos and people close to the head of the SAPO, Alexander Klimenko.

Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies raid senior SBU call center bribery probe Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) say they uncovered a criminal organization that systematically paid law enforcement officials to protect fraud centers and other illegal businesses. They said senior officials from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the National Police and the Prosecutor General's Office were involved, along with criminal figures. NABU has not officially named suspects, but Ukrainian media have identified three SBU targets: Major General Sergei Duka, deputy head of the National State Defense Department; Colonel Anton Kravchuk, head of the Main Directorate for Internal Security; and Alexander Kovalchuk, first deputy head of those departments in Directorate D. About 70 searches are reportedly being conducted throughout the country. NABU says an SBU official threatened detectives at gunpoint and blocked a search. Reports in the Ukrainian media indicate Duka or his security detail, and SBU special forces also arrived at the scene. The SBU has confirmed the searches and says it is cooperating. The trail reportedly leads back to Andrei Osipov, an SBU broker currently in NABU custody. He is suspected of having demanded a million dollars from a Russian citizen so that the criminal trial and his extradition to Russia would disappear. Investigators reportedly found the links to SBU officials after checking his phone. Duka and Kravchuk are also reported to have overseen the strong side of last July's operations against NABU detectives and investigative journalists. Zelensky promoted Duka to general in February. Former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who has since left Ukraine, called the attacks "political revenge." "According to him, the three official units were involved in the investigation of NABU director Semyon Kribonos and people close to the head of the SAPO, Alexander Klimenko.