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Police sources told NV that one of the main theories surrounding the murder of Deputy Mayor of Nikopol, Vitaliy Zhuravlev, is that it was connected with a conflict with a local criminal group that has been ongoing 2017, according to an NV report on Feb. 8.
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Five passengers aged between 30 and 57 were detained in Moldova by Chisinau Airport customs officers while trying to smuggle parts for Soviet military vehicles to Istanbul in their luggage, Moldovan Newsmaker reported on Nov. 22, citing law enforcement officials.
The President’s Office has decided to dismiss the chief of the Economic Security Bureau (ESB), Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said in a Telegram post on Aug. 11.
Law enforcement agencies from five countries disrupted an intercontinental criminal network involved in smuggling migrants from Cuba to the European Union, said Europol, in a statement, on Monday (July 24). The investigation coordinated by Europol and Interpol also led to the arrest of 62 people, out of which 25 were Cuban nationals.