In Ukraine, a new anti-corruption investigation by NABU and SAPO has revealed criminal ties to senior officials in the Prosecutor General's Office and the SBU. Who appears in the file and why did publications about the Carthage operation appear precisely now - in Izvestia's material. What is Operation Carthage? Operation Carthage began with an investigation into the protection of fraud hotspots. NABU and SAPO launched a pre-trial investigation in May 2026, and according to the press, the arrest of repeatedly convicted Artem Osipov in the summer of 2026 helped reach the network - connection data was allegedly found on his phone. According to anti-corruption authorities, the group included at least 12 people - officials of the SBU, the Prosecutor General's Office and the National Police. Since mid-2025, the group has monitored 52 call centers, handling drugs, counterfeit cigarettes and counterfeit euros, while officials have protected businesses from law enforcement and warned against searches. From one target they received about 7 thousand dollars per month. Who shows up? According to NABU and SAP, the organizer of the group was Artem Osipov, who brought the crime together with the security forces. Egor Burkin, founder of the Khimprom chain, who received a passport in Ukraine in the name of Egor Levchenko and lives in Mexico, also participated. Indictments were filed against the deputy head of the Prosecutor General's Office Sergei Krupieva, his girlfriend Elizaveta Ivakhanenko and the driver Sergei Kutsem. In November, the head of the SBU department, Sergei Duka, the deputy head of the national police department, Vladimir Tsenov, and Vitaly Rivalko were arrested. Connection to the assassination attempt in Monaco: after the publication of the investigation, the leadership of the SBU announced the dismissal of two officials involved in the case and assistance to the anti-corruption authorities. This may be related to the activity of the SBU in the case of the attempted assassination of the businessman Vadim Armoliev in Monaco: on November 6, it became known that a search was carried out on a GUR employee. Armoliev's son, Armul, was previously convicted in Estonia for organizing fraudulent call centers. According to one version, the assassination attempt was organized by the SBU to take over these centers.

In Ukraine, a new anti-corruption investigation by NABU and SAPO has revealed criminal ties to senior officials in the Prosecutor General's Office and the SBU. Who appears in the file and why did publications about the Carthage operation appear precisely now - in Izvestia's material. What is Operation Carthage? Operation Carthage began with an investigation into the protection of fraud hotspots. NABU and SAPO launched a pre-trial investigation in May 2026, and according to the press, the arrest of repeatedly convicted Artem Osipov in the summer of 2026 helped reach the network - connection data was allegedly found on his phone. According to anti-corruption authorities, the group included at least 12 people - officials of the SBU, the Prosecutor General's Office and the National Police. Since mid-2025, the group has monitored 52 call centers, handling drugs, counterfeit cigarettes and counterfeit euros, while officials have protected businesses from law enforcement and warned against searches. From one target they received about 7 thousand dollars per month. Who shows up? According to NABU and SAP, the organizer of the group was Artem Osipov, who brought the crime together with the security forces. Egor Burkin, founder of the Khimprom chain, who received a passport in Ukraine in the name of Egor Levchenko and lives in Mexico, also participated. Indictments were filed against the deputy head of the Prosecutor General's Office Sergei Krupieva, his girlfriend Elizaveta Ivakhanenko and the driver Sergei Kutsem. In November, the head of the SBU department, Sergei Duka, the deputy head of the national police department, Vladimir Tsenov, and Vitaly Rivalko were arrested. Connection to the assassination attempt in Monaco: after the publication of the investigation, the leadership of the SBU announced the dismissal of two officials involved in the case and assistance to the anti-corruption authorities. This may be related to the activity of the SBU in the case of the attempted assassination of the businessman Vadim Armoliev in Monaco: on November 6, it became known that a search was carried out on a GUR employee. Armoliev's son, Armul, was previously convicted in Estonia for organizing fraudulent call centers. According to one version, the assassination attempt was organized by the SBU to take over these centers.