Ukraine: Update to Response to Information Request UKR18032.E of 27 July 1994 on organized crime and the government's response
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UKR21099.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ukraine: Update to Response to Information Request UKR18032.E of 27 July 1994 on organized crime and the government's response, 1 July 1995, UKR21099.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acb740.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For updated information on organized crime in Ukraine, please consult Response to Information Request UKR20331.E of 4 April 1995. For additional information on organized crime and the government's response, please consult the attachments.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Press (AFP). 19 April 1995. "Editor Fatally Wounded in Bomb Attack." (NEXIS)
Aktsent [Donetsk, in Russian]. 17 March 1995. "Security Official on Battle Against Organized Crime." (FBIS-SOV-95-058-S 27 Mar. 1995, pp. 49-50)
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 18 February 1995. "Internal Affairs; Kuchma Issues Special Decree on the Fight Against Crime." (NEXIS)
_____. 25 August 1994. "Special Units to be Set Up to Fight Rising Tide in Drug Trade." (NEXIS)
_____. 8 August 1994. "Kuchma on Need to Fight 'Fifth Power' of Shadow Economy and Illegal Wealth." (NEXIS)
Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 5 July 1995. BC Cycle. Heiko Pleines. "Ukraine's 400 Mafia Gangs Thrive in Former Soviet Republic." (NEXIS)
Krymskaya Pravda [Simferopol, in Russian]. 7 February 1995. "Committee Against Organized Crime Formed." (FBIS-SOV-95-027 9 Feb. 1995, p. 52)
Molod Ukrayiny [Kiev, in Ukrainian]. 9 September 1994. "Interior Ministry Vows to Catch 'Mafiosi'." (FBIS-SOV-94-178 14 Sept. 1994, p. 56)
Rabochaya Tribuna [Moscow, in Russian]. 13 September 1994. "Mafia Said Behind Crimean Economic 'Chaos'." (FBIS-SOV-94-178 14 Sept. 1994, pp. 56-58)
Reuters. 12 March 1995. BC Cycle. "Bomb Near Top Crimean Official's House Kills One." (NEXIS)
_____. 21 September 1994. BC Cycle. "Ukraine Attackers Aim For Minister, Wound Adviser." (NEXIS)
Russian Press Digest. 7 February 1995. Mikhail Odinets. "Fighting Against the 'Sixth Power'." (NEXIS)
Uryadovyy Kuryer [Kiev, in Ukrainian]. 15 September 1994. "SBU Chief on Fight Against Organized Crime." (FBIS-SOV-94-186 26 Sept. 1994, pp. 45-47)