On 5 November, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a preventive measure on the head of one of the departments of the National Police of Ukraine, who is implicated in Operation “Carthage”.
This was reported by the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
The court ordered a preventive measure in the form of detention for 60 days (until 03.01.2027 inclusive). The suspect may also post bail of UAH 15 million.
According to the broadcast of the court hearing, this concerns Volodymyr Tsenov, First Deputy Head of the National Police’s Strategic Investigations Department.
- On the eve of this, NABU and SAP published details of the exposure, as part of Operation “Carthage”, of a new criminal organisation. It included law enforcement officers and members of the criminal underworld, and specialised in facilitating the operation of illegal call centres and the distribution of drugs, as well as economic crimes.
- NABU’s Head of the Detective Department, Oleksandr Abakumov said that the criminal organisation had at least 12 members. Among them: “Kryminal” — the alleged founder and leader, a person with a criminal past and present. He has three convictions; “Mexican” — a Russian citizen, founder of “KhimProm”. He is wanted; “Kryminal’s” subordinates “Boxer” and Pasha, who carried out the dirty work; “Price” — one of the heads of the National Police’s Strategic Investigations Department; “Consultant” — another police officer who, according to NABU, coordinated certain areas of illegal activity; “Akim” — a senior SBU official who provided protection from the attention of colleagues.