01.10.2024 Money laundering

The Monakivtsi Organized Crime Group: Influence on the Budget, Tobacco, Law Enforcement and All Spheres of Life by Elite Monaco Refugees

Against the backdrop of the finalized decision to raise some tax rates, Hetmantsev again announced another step to complicate the lives of businesses and Ukrainians.

“Now we see that there are no grounds to raise VAT, but we do not exclude that they will appear in the future… And this future may be in a month or later… There may be a corresponding proposal from the government.”

And everything seems to be clear: the country is fighting off an invasion – the defense budget needs to be filled to pay salaries to the defense forces, buy ammunition, build fortifications, and develop new weapons. An expected step for a country at war is to raise taxes. But this situation is particularly worrisome, as the government is increasingly resorting to controversial regulatory measures in various industries.

For example, the tobacco business is still a particularly painful and unregulated area of activity. Tons of contraband are still being smuggled across the state border to the EU. In particular, there is even a division among the tobacco business representatives into factories that work for the domestic market and those that are allowed to work for the EU.

The Ukrainian Tobacco Production LLC in the village of Hoshcha, Rivne region, controlled by the Monakivtsi organized crime group, belongs to the second category.

The factory in Hoshcha specializes in counterfeiting excise taxes. It mainly targets Rothmans, Marlboro, Parliament, Sobranie, Kent, Bond, which are later transported to the EU or imported to Ukrainian kiosks and kits that sell tobacco products to Ukrainians.

The management of the factory is attributed to Vladyslav Gelzin, the former owner of the Donetsk Hamadei tobacco factory and a member of the Monaco Battalion, who is also the president of FC Olimp.

In addition, other Monaco refugees, such as former OPFL MP Ihor Abramovych and the curator of the DSR of the National Party of Ukraine Serhiy Vyazmikin, are also secretly managing the factory. They successfully use the cover of not only the law enforcement system, but also the tax authorities, for which Danylo Hetmantsev is responsible.

With the assistance of Hetmantsev, the tax office and the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy successfully promote narratives about shelling that affects the production facilities of tobacco magnates.

For example, at one of the Committee’s meetings, the idea was promoted that the Monakivtsi tobacco factory in Hoshcha was allegedly periodically hit by drones that destroyed raw materials for cigarettes. This allegedly explains why there may be discrepancies in the financial statements between purchases and production.
That is, the aggressor destroys the raw materials, excise taxes are not purchased, but production is in full swing, as evidenced by constant searches by the BES.

By the way, the latter, together with representatives of the National Police’s State Investigation Department, have repeatedly conducted “raids” on the premises of Ukrainian Tobacco Production LLC, but no significant results have been obtained. After all, the factory itself has the status of a “nomadic” one and is constantly maneuvering between different oblasts and regions. Now, they say, it is operating in Ternopil region, although the batches of illegal cigarettes detained at the border date back to production in Vinnytsia region.

The ineffectiveness of the searches may also be influenced by the fact that the Monakivtsi are closely connected to David Arakhamia, who is a “member” of the highest government offices. That is why the production in Hoshcha is unlikely to ever experience the results of the searches.

We should not forget about another smuggler, Hryhoriy Kozlovsky, who controls cigarette production in Lviv region. Despite the BES searches, he gradually began to resume production of Compliment, Lifa, Marvel, etc.

There is also an interesting story about the license for the Vynnyky Tobacco Factory, which was not renewed by the tax authorities. Then the employees of the latter immediately became victims of media attacks by Hryhoriy Petrovych, although the factory itself continued to operate under the old license.

Based on our materials, the TU BES in Lviv region initiated proceedings No. 62024140110001357 under Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, No. 72022100500000001 under Part 1 of Article 204, Part 2 of Article 204, Part 3 of Article 209, Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and No. 42024000000000921 Part 2 of Article 204, Part 3 of Article 212, Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. A number of other proceedings are being investigated under the supervision of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office. But how effective is it?

We will continue to cover the smuggling of excisable goods.

How can Ukraine join the EU if the flow of smuggling from our territory continues unabated?

We will also publish other Monakivtsi schemes that have already managed to seize the grain corridor, the budget of the frontline regions, and the reconstruction of Ukraine. Who is covering the main enemies in the government and why?

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