# Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies probe possible SBU role in high-profile case, report firearm threats during searches

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ukraines-anti-graft-agencies-probe-possible-sbu-role-in-high-profile-case-report-firearm-threats-during-searches/
- Published: 2026-11-04T09:08:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T03:06:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-anti-graft-agencies-probe-possible-sbu-role-in-high-profile-case-report-firearm-threats-during-searches/
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- Agencies allege officials were bribed to protect scam call centres.
- NABU reported a firearm threat during searches of SBU premises.
- The case adds to tensions over anti-corruption investigations.

## Summary

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies are investigating an alleged bribery network involving senior officials from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), National Police and Prosecutor General’s Office. The case matters because it adds to tensions between the agencies and the SBU, amid a wider dispute over the independence of anti-corruption investigations.

NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office said the group allegedly paid law enforcement officials to protect scam call centres and other illegal businesses. During searches on 4 November, NABU said an SBU official obstructed investigators and threatened to use a firearm; it also reported that SBU special forces arrived. Ukrainska Pravda, citing unnamed sources, later reported that Major General Serhii Duka had been detained. The SBU and National Police said they were cooperating, and the police suspended officers implicated in the case.

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