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As a result of the official’s actions, over 4,200 trees were felled, causing losses of nearly 3 million hryvnias
Dozens of crimes relate to the destruction of forests – involving officials, businesspeople and ordinary citizens driven by greed
The suspects used their professional knowledge of the valuable area to select logging sites and conceal the crime
The former director of one of the branches of ‘Forests of Ukraine’ has been charged with negligence, which led to 226 hectares of state-owned forest becoming ‘Medvedchuk’s holiday home’
Those involved in the scheme laundered illegally extracted minerals through companies under their control
A person implicated in a case of illicit enrichment continued to work at one of the forestry offices of the state-owned enterprise ‘Forests of Ukraine’
An unauthorised rubbish tip on land belonging to ‘Ukrzaliznytsia’ has cost the state nearly 86 million hryvnias
In the Chernivtsi region, a forestry official is to stand trial for felling trees that ‘obstructed’ the unplanned construction of a road
An organised gang falsified documents and covered up the traces of the crime
A case concerning the destruction of Lviv’s forests, involving over 112 million hryvnias, has been referred to court
The sole trader signed their first contract with a state-owned enterprise just a few days after setting up their business
Separately, prosecutors are attempting to return land belonging to the water, forestry and nature reserve funds to the state