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Over 300 Ukrainian companies have been under investigation by authorities for defrauding the state of at least $140 million in the first seven months of the invasion.

Editor's note: This investigation was initially published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. It was reported with the support of Journalismfund Europe. As an OCCRP member center, The Kyiv Independent reposts it with permission. Reporters looked into who imported millions of euros of Ukrainian “black grain” into the

Reporters looked into who imported millions of euros of Ukrainian “black grain” into the European Union. Ukraine is investigating hundreds of firms, many created since Russia’s full-scale invasion scrambled the grain market, for allegedly failing to properly document their trading in Ukrainian grain or to pay taxes on it.