ウクライナ反腐敗機関、ロシア系犯罪ネットワークを摘発――国家保安機関や警察の関与を,*)告発

なぜ重要か

The investigation alleges that officials of the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police and the Prosecutor General's Office were involved in or supported criminal operations. The detention of a senior SBU general and senior police officials raises questions about accountability inside Ukraine's law-enforcement and security institutions, while the findings have intensified calls to reform unreformed agencies and introduce independent, merit-based selection of their leaders.

何が起きたか

On 4 November, NACP and SAPO announced that they had uncovered a Russia-linked criminal network that operated fraud call centres and was supported by SBU and National Police officials. According to investigators, the group used law-enforcement cover to facilitate fraud call-centre operations, drug sales, illicit production of counterfeit cigarettes and counterfeit foreign currency. NACP officers detained Serhii Duka, the first deputy head of the SBU's Department of State Protection, along with National Police officials Volodymyr Tsenov and Oleksandr Demianchuk and boxing club founder Oleksandr Rybalko. On 5 November, the anti-corruption agencies announced charges against five members of the syndicate uncovered during Operation “Carthage”.

On 6 November, NACP reported that during the search of Duka's premises, SBU special forces pointed guns at investigators, while Duka ran onto a balcony and began destroying two phones and a hard drive with a hammer. Separately, NACP and SAPO announced charges against Andrii Osypov, detained in July 2026, alleging he extorted a one-million-dollar bribe from a Russian citizen who could have been extradited to Russia. Investigators also link Osypov, known as “Kryminal”, directly to the “Khimprom” cartel.

President Zelenskyy responded to the disclosures by calling them shameful and absolutely unacceptable. He announced dismissals in the SBU and said further personnel decisions were being prepared. Daria Kalenyuk backed the anti-corruption agencies, warned that renewed attempts to undermine their independence could follow, and called for reform of the Prosecutor General's Office, the National Police and other unreformed law-enforcement bodies by the example of NACP and SAPO.

ウクライナメディアの見方

Ukrainian coverage centres on alleged institutional ties between organised crime and senior officials of the SBU, the National Police and the Prosecutor General's Office, as well as on Daria Kalenyuk's warnings that anti-corruption institutions may face renewed interference. Reporting also highlights alleged violence and intimidation linked to the case, including reported threats against investigative journalist Denys Bigus and a Mariupol defender, and comparisons with 1990s banditry. Zelenskyy's first public reaction and the announced SBU dismissals are presented as a direct institutional response to the findings, while proposed reforms include independent and transparent selection of the prosecutor general and the National Police chief.

報道の食い違い

The links between officials and the alleged criminal organisation are presented in the reports as allegations, investigators' claims or statements by Daria Kalenyuk. The detained officials had not been convicted by a final judicial decision at the time of the reports. Claims concerning Andrii Osypov and the figure nicknamed “Mexican” were likewise presented as the investigators' version.

背景

Operation and case “Carthage” involved allegations that a Russia-linked criminal network used connections to law-enforcement and security officials to operate in Ukraine. Investigators said participants used the cover of law-enforcement agencies to facilitate fraud call centres, drug sales, illicit cigarette production and counterfeit foreign currency. Daria Kalenyuk identified the “Mexican” as the leader of the “Khimprom” drug cartel, a Russian national residing in Mexico who, according to her, organised the cartel's operations in Ukraine. Parliament reportedly had registered bills on open selection of the prosecutor general and the head of the State Bureau of Investigation, while several initiatives concerning the National Police were also under discussion.