{"id":101429,"date":"2026-11-15T03:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T03:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/101429"},"modified":"2026-11-15T03:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T03:31:24","slug":"ukraine-sbu-general-serhiy-duka-released-on-1-2m-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/101429","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine SBU General Serhiy Duka Released on $1.2m Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>KYIV: A general in Ukraine\u2019s SBU security service suspected in a serious corruption case was released from pre-trial detention on Friday after posting $1.2 million bail.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Footage on TSN.ua showed Serhiy Duka after leaving prison proclaiming his innocence and thanking his SBU \u201cbrothers-in-arms\u201d who had raised the money.<\/p>\n<p>Duka was detained on November 4 as part of an anti-corruption operation targeting a criminal group that investigators say involved members of the SBU, the prosecutor\u2019s office, the police, and organised crime.<\/p>\n<p>The NABU anti-corruption bureau says the group paid bribes to law-enforcement officials to turn a blind eye to call centres running fraud schemes, drug sales, as well as production of counterfeit cigarettes and fake currency.<\/p>\n<p>The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC), Ukraine\u2019s fraudulent call centre generates up to a billion dollars a month in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>In early November, NABU announced that five new individuals had been officially named as suspects in this operation, including Duka.<\/p>\n<p>After his release from pre-trial detention, Duka claimed on Friday to be the victim of \u201crevenge by the leaders of the anti-corruption bodies\u201d, in reference to a long-running conflict between them and the SBU.<\/p>\n<p>Corruption is a recurring problem in Ukraine, and several other major scandals have erupted since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/ukraine-general-arrested-graft-probe-freed-bail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV: A general in Ukraine\u2019s SBU security service suspected in a serious corruption case was released from pre-trial detention on Friday after posting $1.2 million bail. Footage on TSN.ua showed Serhiy Duka after leaving prison proclaiming his innocence and thanking his SBU \u201cbrothers-in-arms\u201d who had raised the money. 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