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Verkhovna Rada Chairperson Andrii Parubii congratulates law enforcement bodies on succeeding in "amber mafia" neutralization operation

Press Secretary of the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Published on 05 July 2016, at 11:18

Opening the Tuesday plenary meeting of the Ukrainian Parliament, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andrii Parubii congratulated the law enforcement bodies on their success in the operation on neutralization of the "amber mafia" in Volyn, Rivne, and Zhytomyr regions. According to Parubii, the forces of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ukraine, Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General's Office managed to simultaneously conduct over 100 searches in different corners of Ukraine. "The searches and detentions are underway. A Security Service colonel and a deputy prosecutor [of Rivne region] have already received their notifications of suspicion," he said.

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