Section: Hetq (Armenia)
Ukraine Toxic Chemical Clean-up Under Investigation
Between 2011 and 2013, an Israeli company called S.I. Group Consort Ltd. won a series of contracts worth more than 1 billion Ukrainian hryvnia (about US$ 125 million at the time) to clean up a hazardous waste sludge pit near the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: MP Reveals Documents Detailing Bribery Case Against Yatsenyuk Ally
Ukrainian lawmaker Serhiy Leshchenko has revealed Swiss prosecution documents containing details of the case against Mykola Martynenko, deputy head of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front party. …read more Source:...
Another Cocaine Bust at Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport
Local police in conjunction with Interpol’s office in Armenia are said to have found three kilos of cocaine hidden in a suitcase belonging to Ilina Shelever, a Ukraine citizen, after landing in Yerevan on November 10 after a São Paulo – Dubai flight. …read more Source:...
Launch of a new Network for Investigative Journalism in Berlin
Five journalism networks launched a new network for investigative journalism in Berlin. Initiated by n-ost, n-vestigate involves NGOs from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine and includes journalists and experts from seven Eastern European countries. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Kyiv Court Seizes Billionaire Kurchenko’s 14 Offshore Accounts
A court in Kyiv has ruled to freeze 14 offshore bank accounts linked to Ukraine’s fugitive businessman and youngest self-declared billionaire, Serhiy Kurchenko, it was revealed this week. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Ex-Head of Security Service Accuses President’s Ally of Money Laundering
At an anti-corruption committee meeting today Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, former head of Ukraine’s Security Service, accused lawmaker Ihor Kononenko, of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, of money laundering. …read more Source:...
Stories from Balkans, Latin America, Ukraine Win Shining Light Award
First place was awarded to two series: “Unholy Alliances,” on Montenegro as a Mafia state, by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; and “Empire of Ashes,” by Brazil’s Gazeta do Povo, on tobacco smuggling and organized crime in South America. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s Ally Accused of Graft
Ukraine’s Ihor Kotvitsky, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front party, has been accused of corruption for allegedly moving US$ 40 million to an offshore company through Ukraine’s state-owned Oshchadbank. …read more Source:...
