The security service of Ukraine were urgently sent to Odessa and the region a special team to combat illegal activities of officials, said Wednesday the head of SBU Markiyan Lubkivsky.

before may 30, Odesa Governor was appointed Mikhail Saakashvili, ex-President of Georgia. He left Georgia in November 2013. The chief Prosecutor's office of Georgia in absentia charged him in several criminal cases, as well as among them of embezzlement of about $ 5 million of state funds for personal needs.

"the head of the security service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaychenko urgently sent a special team of the Central office of SBU to combat illegal activities of officials in Odessa city and Odessa region and ordered to take comprehensive measures in coordination with the Chairman of the Odessa regional state administration Mikhail Saakashvili ", - Lubkivsky said on Facebook.

according to him, the Odessa Department of the SBU is mandated to attract all forces and means, to report on the outcome of the fight against illegal activities of officials, which said the new Odessa Governor Saakashvili.

yesterday in Odessa was appointed the new chief of the police Department in Odessa region, they became the General of Georgia Giorgi Lortkipanidze.

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