SBU raids target UZ freight abuse, not anti-corruption crackdown
The State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is conducting searches in criminal proceedings regarding abuses in the field of freight transportation at Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways – UZ), these actions are not related to "pressure on the independence of anti-corruption institutions," as their representatives stated today, the SBU press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.
"On September 25, the Security Service of Ukraine began a series of court-sanctioned searches in criminal proceedings regarding abuses in the field of freight transportation at Ukrzaliznytsia," the press service noted.
At the same time, the department emphasized: "The searches are not related to "pressure on the independence of anti-corruption institutions," as their representatives stated today."
