{
  "id": 13199268,
  "title": "Investigators say prosecutors shielded scam call centers. Their office has now fired eight people and is checking how its ex-chief left Ukraine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/investigators-say-prosecutors-shielded-scam-call-centers-their-office",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T20:08:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/09/investigators-say-prosecutors-shielded-scam-call-centers-their-office-has-now-fired-eight-people-and-is-checking-how-its-ex-chief-left-ukraine/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine's prosecution service has dismissed eight individuals linked to an anti-corruption investigation into the alleged protection of scam call centers, according to Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalskyi. The service is also conducting internal audits of several officials connected to the case. A separate probe is examining the departure of the previous Prosecutor General, who left Ukraine in September. Both the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) claim that a PGO official established a criminal organization in mid-2025, involving serving prosecution employees and unofficial associates. This group allegedly took bribes to avoid investigating scam call centers and laundered the proceeds. The investigation, known as Operation Carthage, is being conducted by both external agencies and internal audits from within the Ukrainian prosecution service.",
  "summary": "The acting chief also ordered out a deputy at the regional office he ran until September and dropped no-contest hiring of outsiders.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/kyiv-protests-belaruss-summoning-of-ukraines-charge-daffaires",
        "published": "2026-10-09T19:48:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}