Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies launched a major operation at the Prosecutor General’s Office on Friday, with searches reported at premises linked to a deputy prosecutor general and the governor of Odesa region. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said they were conducting a special operation targeting an alleged criminal organization headed by an official from the Prosecutor General’s Office.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Investigators say the group is suspected of protecting a network of fraudulent call centers and laundering assets. Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources, initially reported that searches were underway at premises belonging to Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, his deputy Mariia Vdovychenko and Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration. The Prosecutor General’s Office later denied that Kravchenko himself had been searched. Spokeswoman Mariana Haiovska told Ukrainska Pravda that investigators had conducted no searches either at Kravchenko’s home or in his office. There was no immediate similar denial concerning searches involving Vdovychenko or Kiper. Ukrainska Pravda sources also said NABU and SAPO detained Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the Prosecutor General’s Office’s International Legal Cooperation Department. Kropyva previously served as deputy head of the Odesa regional administration under Kiper, overseeing digital development and digitalization.