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Ukrainian prosecutor’s office official arrested in corruption case

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Named sources Under investigation
  • Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau said it carried out an operation targeting an alleged criminal organization linked to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
  • A police source cited by The Kyiv Independent identified the arrested official as Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the office’s international cooperation department.
  • The Prosecutor General’s Office said the official would be suspended during the investigation and that it would fully cooperate with anti-corruption authorities.

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau said it had carried out an operation against an alleged criminal organization headed by an official from the Prosecutor General’s Office.

The official is suspected of protecting a network of fraudulent call centers and laundering illegal funds. A police source cited by The Kyiv Independent identified the arrested man as Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the Prosecutor General’s Office department for international cooperation.

The Prosecutor General’s Office said Kropyva would be suspended while the investigation continues. It also said the office would fully cooperate with anti-corruption authorities.

The case comes as NABU steps up its investigations. Several former senior officials from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office have recently become involved in corruption cases.

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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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