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Ukraine anti-corruption bureau detains senior police and security officials
Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau detained senior officials from the National Police and Security Service in an investigation known as Operation Carthage.
The detainees include a senior police official linked to call centers and a senior SBU official whose name is reported differently.
The case concerns an alleged criminal group whose activities included fraudulent call centers and drug sales.
Investigators say high-ranking officials from the SBU, National Police and prosecutor’s office helped the group operate; reports say the group paid bribes in return for protection.
NABU says it carried out dozens of raids and uncovered a new criminal organization, while two senior SBU officials were dismissed.
The reports do not say what charges, if any, have been filed against the detained officials or what happens next.
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detained a senior official from the National Police’s strategic investigations department, according to a report cited by TASS.
NABU also announced that it had uncovered a criminal organization linked to fraudulent call centers, drug sales and other illegal activities.
Reports say high-ranking officials from the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police and the prosecutor general’s office allegedly provided protection to the organization.
The reports differ on the name of a detained Security Service general: TASS gives Sergey Dudka, while Vedomosti gives Sergey Duka.
- Who
- NABU detained Vladimir Tsenov, according to a report cited by TASS. Reports also say it detained a Security Service general, whose name is given as Sergey Dudka by TASS and Sergey Duka by Vedomosti.
- What
- The detentions are linked in reports to a probe into an alleged criminal organization and official protection for illegal businesses.
- When
- The reports were published on November 4, 2026; TASS’s article is dated November 5 in its text.
- Where
- Ukraine.
- Why
- The detentions were reported as part of an investigation into alleged police and security-service protection for a criminal organization.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office conducted investigative activities involving the National Bank of Ukraine.
NABU conducted dozens of raids as part of Operation Carthage and announced that it had uncovered a new criminal organization.
Vedomosti and TASS published reports about detentions linked to the investigation.
- Police official
- Vladimir Tsenov, first deputy chief of the National Police’s strategic investigations department
- Operation
- Carthage
- Reported criminal activities
- Fraudulent call centers, drug sales and other illegal activities
- Security Service general
- Sergey Dudka in TASS; Sergey Duka in Vedomosti
- Earlier searches
- October 21, at the National Bank of Ukraine and an employee’s home
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What people are saying
no one was detained, no one was charged