Most often, collaborators, thieves and fraudsters are wanted
More than 7,000 people were put on the wanted list last year, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Most often, people are wanted for collaboration, theft, and fraud. Most of the wanted people are between the ages of 24 and 45.
7422 people were put on the wanted list in 2023 in Ukraine. This is the highest number in the last five years and 40% more than in 2021. On the eve of the full-scale search, 5,269 people were put on the wanted list in a year.
In 2023, the most common reason for being put on the wanted list was collaboration (Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code) – 21.7%. The top reasons for putting a person on the wanted list also include theft (Article 185 of the CCU) – 18.2%, high treason (Article 111 of the CCU) – 5.3%, and fraud (Article 190) – 4.8%.
44% of the persons in the registry were put on the wanted list in the frontline regions. Donetsk region leads the list with 752 persons (10.1%), followed by Kharkiv region with 696 (9.4%), Kherson region with 637 (8.6%), Zaporizhzhia region with 620 (8.4%) and Luhansk region with 561 (7.6%).
Almost half of the wanted persons are hiding from the pre-trial investigation authorities – 3,299 people, or 44%. The second place goes to those who are hiding from the court – 2,126 people. The top three are people who have been sentenced to a non-custodial sentence – 1,183 people.
Almost 18% of the wanted persons have been authorized to be detained, and another 15% should be kept in custody.
79% of wanted persons are men, women account for 21% of the total number in 2023.
The majority of people on the wanted list in 2023 are between the ages of 25 and 45. The oldest wanted person is 87 years old, and the youngest is 6 years old.
In total, as of the end of January 2024, 55,992 people were wanted.
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Member of parliament of III-VIII convocations Kostiantyn Zhevaho was not put on the international wanted list, the press service of the ex-MP said on Thursday evening, July 15.
“The legal office of Kostiantyn Zhevaho knows that the Ukrainian bureau of Interpol filed a request to put him on international wanted list. This was a continuation of the illegal criminal prosecution against the entrepreneur. According to the press service and lawyers of Mr. Zhevaho, today there is no official confirmation of this statement from Interpol,” the office said in a statement forwarded to Interfax-Ukraine.
Interpol is currently considering Zhevaho’s case, but the final decision has not yet been made on it.
“The request of the Ukrainian Bureau of Interpol was sent to the central office of the organization back in October last year. The duration of its consideration indicates that the arguments presented in the document are not convincing and require careful study,” the press service of the ex-MP said.
The State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) said on July 15 that Interpol declared Zhevaho as the one put on the international wanted list.
“On September 27, 2019, the former MP was notified of suspicion. He, as the former owner of Finance and Credit Bank, organized the embezzlement of $113 million of this financial institution,” the press service of the SBI said.
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