Serbian border guards detained the former head of the internal security department of the Security Service of Ukraine Andriy Naumov on suspicion of money laundering. Ex-official tried to leave for North Macedonia. It is reported by "

According to the publication, the car in which Naumov and German citizen Alexander Akst were located was stopped at the Presevo border checkpoint.. After a thorough examination, the Serbian police found about 600 thousand euros, almost 125 thousand dollars and two emeralds from the detainees.. All valuables were undeclared.

Naumov and Akst were taken to the Nis police station on suspicion of money laundering.

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Recall that Andrei Naumov headed the Main Department of Internal Security of the SBU from 2019 to 2021. Promoted to brigadier general in 2020. In the SBU he was responsible for combating corruption within the department.

Naumov left the country a few hours before the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. A few weeks before, he took his family abroad. In this regard, Naumov was deprived of the rank of general.. Also, criminal proceedings were initiated against the former official on suspicion of high treason..

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Earlier it was reported that MP Oleksiy Kovalyov lost his seat in the Servant of the People party after he announced his intention to cooperate with the self-proclaimed authorities of the occupied Kherson region.