NABU launches probe into embezzlement in defense sector

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Detectives of the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have launched a probe into embezzlement in the defense sector, based on the results of a journalistic investigation.

This is stated on NABU’s Facebook page.

“According to the results of the analysis of the information presented in a journalistic investigation about the facts of corruption in the defense sector, it has been established that some of the described events are already being investigated as part of pretrial investigations carried out by NABU detectives. Regarding other facts about possible seizure of funds by state-owned enterprises and Ukraine’s state budget committed by an organized group on a large scale, NABU detectives on February 26, 2019, included the information in the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations and began a pretrial probe into a possible criminal offense under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine," said in a statement.

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