In Ukraine, General Duka arrested in Carthage case

MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. Ukraine’s Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has ruled to detain the defendant in the Carthage case, First Deputy head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the SBU, General Sergey Duka, said the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP). "On November 6, 2026, the investigative judge of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court considered the petition of detectives from the NABU [National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine] and imposed a preventive measure in the form of detention with the alternative of posting a 65 million hryvnias [$1.4 million] bail for the former first deputy head of one of the departments of the Security Service of Ukraine," the prosecutor’s office said on Telegram. On November 4, NABU released new materials in the Carthage case. It said it had exposed a new criminal organization that, with the assistance of high-ranking employees of the SBU, the National Police, and the Prosecutor General’s office not only run fraudulent call centers but were also involved in drug trafficking, the production of counterfeit currency, kidnappings, and extortion. On the same day, the bureau conducted dozens of searches. The SBU dismissed two high-ranking unnamed employees.