Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has dismissed two officials who appeared in the NABU and SAPO investigation into the Carthage case and has begun an internal review of facts in the case materials.
The announcement, made in a written response to the Schemes investigative project and reported by Ukrainska Pravda, is a concrete personnel and procedural move. The SBU said it was fully assisting the investigation and cooperating with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
But the service did not name the dismissed officials, state when they were removed, or say when the review began. It also did not disclose which facts or staff the review covers, who is conducting it, or whether it has produced disciplinary measures.
Those omissions matter because dismissals and an internal review are institutional actions, not findings on the underlying criminal allegations. Public scrutiny now depends on whether the SBU explains the review’s mandate and publishes its results.
Ukrainska Pravda reported that NABU and SAPO issued suspicion notices to five people whom investigators describe as members of a suspected criminal organisation, including SBU Major General Serhii Duka. Investigators allege the group arranged systematic bribes to senior law-enforcement officials to allow fraudulent call centres and other illegal businesses to operate without obstruction. Those are allegations by the investigators and have not been adjudicated by a court.
The SBU’s response puts an internal accountability process on the record. Its practical weight will depend on what the service later discloses about the review and any resulting action.
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- Українська правда · Source date: 2026-11-13
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