Ukraine's anti-corruption body exposes senior officials shielding fraudulent call centers

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau has uncovered a scheme in which senior law enforcement officials took bribes to protect fraudulent call centers.

• The National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced its "Carthage" operation revealed senior SBU, police, and prosecutor's office officials accepted regular bribes to shield fraudulent call centers.
• SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad relieved two senior officials after their names appeared in the bureau's investigation.
• The bureau said one SBU official threatened investigators with a firearm and blocked them from entering search sites on Wednesday.
• Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko resigned in September after investigators searched his offices, denying any wrongdoing.