Ukraine corruption scandal: Police raid oligarch, officials and tax authorities

Ukrainian police raided an oligarch, tax authorities and officials on Wednesday, amid a harmful corruption scandal during the bloody war with Russia.  David Arakhamia, the leader of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party, announced on Telegram that officers had targetted billionaire Igor Kolomoiski, ex-Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and the tax authorities, while the Customs Directorate was sacked.  Senior…

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Police drop investigation into sexual abuse claims against Rabbi Chaim Halpern

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed to Jewish News that an investigation, opened in December into allegations of sexual abuse by Golders Green rabbi Chaim Halpern against a young London woman, has now been closed. The 21-year-old woman took part in a Channel 12 Israeli TV programme in mid-November 2022. She told the TV journalists that Rabbi Chaim Halpern had…

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