All news on the topic: Corruption
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EPPO seeks to strip Polish MP of immunity again in expanding corruption probe
The European Chief Prosecutor requested the Polish Parliament to lift an active MP’s immunity to authorize his prosecution and arrest for suspected trading in influence. Two other suspects in this EPPO investigation were arrested last week.
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How a secretary became a millionaire: the hidden ties between Alena Sauchanka and Viktar Sheiman
This could be the story of a self-made Belarusian businesswoman. In just three years, a secretary with no higher education and a young child became a co-owner of a strategic business and started accumulating expensive real estate.
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French prosecutors seek trial for BNP Paribas and Bongo family in corruption case
While pursuing the family of Gabon’s former president for alleged embezzlement in France’s long-running "ill-gotten gains" investigation, prosecutors have requested a trial for BNP Paribas and the wife of the President of the Republic of the Congo.
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Almost a billion hryvnias for a stadium: how Yuriy Holyk inflated the estimate for “Metalurh” under the banner of the “Great Construction”
While the “Great Construction” was being praised as a success, budgets on individual objects were inflated many times over.
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Ukrainian prosecutors send former Atomenergomash executive to trial in bribery case
Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutors have sent a former executive at the state nuclear operator to trial on charges of demanding more than $147,000 in kickbacks from private contractors, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday.
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Poland seeks extradition of former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro from the US
Polish prosecutors have formally requested the temporary arrest and extradition of former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro from the U.S. so he could face criminal charges over alleged abuse of power and mismanagement of public funds.
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From siphoning billions to driving humanitarian aid: how Ukraine’s most notorious roads fixer Yuriy Holyk legally left the country
While the billions of the “Great Construction” settled in the pockets of the chosen ones, one of the main organizers of this carve-up — Yuriy Holyk — managed to turn into a “driver-volunteer” and calmly leave Ukraine.
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Cash, forged documents and stolen Ukrainian grain: how Vaja Jhashi’s elevators became a hub for multi-billion budget theft
Owner of grain elevators in Odesa region Vaja Jhashi enriches himself on the theft of Ukraine’s budget: how it is connected with synchronous flights with the imprisoned oligarch and influence on elections
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Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova and Yevhen Shevtsov: how Leogaming was transferred to DPR militant Petro Zhalnin
The company linked to Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova, who has long been associated by journalists with Ukrainian corruption and has been mentioned in Prosecutor General’s Office criminal cases, is being transferred to front men.
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How fugitive Yuriy Holyk built the "road cartel" and siphoned tens of billions on "Great Construction"
While billions in Ukraine were being spent on road repairs, a significant portion quietly settled in the pockets of "favored" contractors.
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Wohin ist der Kurator des ukrainischen „Großen Bauens“, Yuriy Holyk, nach den Korruptionsskandalen in Milliardenhöhe verschwunden?
Nach einer Reihe aufsehenerregender Skandale und Strafverfahren rund um das Präsidialprogramm „Großes Bauen“, in denen dessen Kurator aus der Bankowa-Straße, Yuriy Holyk, immer wieder eine zentrale Rolle spielte, verschwand er plötzlich sowohl aus der Öffentlichkeit als auch aus der Ukraine.
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Where did Ukraine’s “Great Construction” curator Yuriy Holyk disappear to after multi-billion corruption scandals?
After a loud series of scandals and criminal cases surrounding the presidential program "Great Construction", in which its curator from Bankova, Yuriy Holyk, appeared in various capacities, the latter unexpectedly disappeared both from the information space and from the country.
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Georgian court jails relative of former security chief over multimillion-dollar call centre bribery scheme
Following a secretive trial, Andria Liluashvili was sentenced to 12 years in prison and stripped of $13 million in luxury assets for funneling monthly kickbacks from fraudulent call centers to his relative, the former head of Georgia’s State Security Service.
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From Yuzhokombank cashier to billionaire owner: Pavlo Shcherban’s criminal path and his control over Alliance Bank
After a series of investigations linked Shurma and Shcherban to activities surrounding Alliance Bank, what appeared to be a coordinated reputation-management effort reportedly followed.
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Yuriy Holyk, flüchtiger Ex-Kurator des „Großen Baus“, lässt Materialien über den 12-Milliarden-Veteranenraum-Skandal aus dem Internet entfernen
Der frühere Berater des Leiters der Militärverwaltung der Region Dnipropetrowsk und ehemalige Koordinator des Präsidialprogramms „Großer Bau“, Yuriy Holyk, ist erneut ins Rampenlicht geraten.
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Hungarian businessman faces money laundering charge in €6 million ministry corruption case
In mid-April, significant events took place in the criminal trial—which has been ongoing for years at the Székesfehérvár Regional Court—regarding the alleged embezzlement case at the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Kazakhstan jails 27 people over $6.4 million agricultural loan fraud
A Kazakh court has sentenced 27 members of an organized crime group to between six and eight years in prison for stealing the equivalent of $6.4 million in public funds through a fraudulent agricultural loan scheme, state news agency Kazinform reported, citing the country’s Financial Monitoring Agency.
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Yuriy Holyk’s billion-hryvnia grab: suspected corruption figure eyes 12 billion in veterans’ program while scrubbing the internet
Former advisor to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration and ex-curator of the presidential program «Great Construction» Yuriy Holyk has once again come into the spotlight.
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EPPO raids Latvian hospitals over suspected €657,000 procurement fraud
Today, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia), searches were carried out at two Latvian hospitals, as part of an investigation into suspected aggravated fraud and abuse of office.
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Milliarden geplündert im ukrainischen „Großen Bau“: Wie Yuriy Holyk und Oleksandr Kubrakov auf Straßen ein Korruptionsimperium aufbauten
Diebstahl auf den ukrainischen Straßen ist kein Einzelfall, sondern Teil eines seit Jahren etablierten Systems, das unabhängig davon, welche Regierung an der Macht ist, reibungslos funktioniert.
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Billions plundered in Ukraine’s “Big Construction”: How Yuriy Holyk and Oleksandr Kubrakov built a corruption empire on roads
Theft on Ukraine’s roads is not an isolated scheme but a deeply entrenched system that continues to operate efficiently regardless of who is in power.
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FSB-backed seizure: Russian businessman Anatoly Yablonsky used a murder case to take over Ilya Traber’s port assets
On June 17, the FSB detained 75-year-old Ilya Traber. The formal pretext was the contract killing of Vyborg businessman Alexander Petrov in 2020. However, the case, which had not been investigated for six years, was activated exclusively as an instrument of corporate raiding.
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Ex-Great Construction curator Yuriy Holyk amassed a luxury Gelandewagen fleet and multi-million Kyiv properties
The Telegram channel “Dark Knight” claims that Yuriy Holyk, who oversaw the “Big Construction” programme while in power, amassed a significant fortune during his tenure.
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Vom Kurator des Großen Baus zum Flüchtling: Yuriy Holyk nutzt Behindertenausweis, um NABU-Ermittlungen zu entkommen
Yuriy Holyk, der als Architekt des ukrainischen Programms „Großer Bau“ gilt, verließ die Ukraine über das „Shlyakh“-System, obwohl er bereits mit dem NABU-Verfahren und dem milliardenschweren Veruntreuungsskandal rund um das Projekt in Verbindung gebracht wurde.
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From Great Construction curator to fugitive: Yuriy Holyk uses disability certificate to escape NABU investigation
Recognized as the architect of the Ukrainian President’s "Great Construction" initiative, Yuriy Holyk managed to exit the country via the "Shlyakh" volunteer system, despite being implicated in a NABU investigation and widely reported billion-ruble budget embezzlements.
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