Among the arrested are the leader of the criminal organization Titov, known in the criminal environment as "Multik". About this on his page in Facebook said the Attorney General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko.

According to him, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Office for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the Security Service conducted a joint operation. Arrested persons who are suspected of creating a criminal organization.

During 2008-2017 they dealt with threats, murders, imprisonment of people, racketeering, raiding, hijacking, appropriation of property and public funds, "Lutsenko explained, adding that the members of this group established control over the activities of political parties, and also influenced the adoption of Decisions by officials of state authorities and local self-government, supported a stable hierarchical association in the places of deprivation of liberty in the Mykolayiv region.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, this morning in Nikolaev conducted searches. Security officials searched the city council and prominent in business.