Special operation, aimed at liquidating organized crime group, not matter of politics – PGO

14:41, 31.10.2015 1 min read

A large-scale special operation carried out in Ukraine on Saturday is aimed at liquidating an organized criminal group, prosecutor of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) Vladyslav Kutsenko has reported.

"The Prosecutor General's Office jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine continues to fight against organized crime and corruption. Today we are conducting a joint large-scale special operation aimed at eliminating the criminal group, detaining individuals who participated and were directly involved in the group's activities," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday.

"The main articles on which the measures are taken are Article 215 of the Criminal Code (the creation and activities of a criminal group), Article 191 (embezzlement) and Article 349 (kidnapping)," the official said.