Pentagon: department monitors possible emergence of military aid to Ukraine on black market
The US Department of Defense Criminal Investigation Service (DCIS) monitors military aid to Ukraine to prevent it from entering the black market, Defense News reported citing the organisation’s first deputy director James Ives.
The publication’s interlocutor noted that the risk of such a scenario is very high because we are talking about “a huge volume of items, many of which have combat capabilities”.
“The attention of the Criminal Investigation Service in Ukraine is focused on the Pentagon’s rapid contracting and the potential diversion of US aid to the black market. So far, not a single contract fraud has come to light,” the publication said.
The deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Service clarified that the organisation’s work on the issue was moving quickly.
The article points out that Ives led a DCIS team on a trip to a foreign aid centre in Kiev in Poland in September. He said investigators received assurances from the Ukrainian government that local officials were taking possible weapons diversion seriously and would report any incidents together with US State Department officials and military officials.
Ives added that the organization was particularly concerned about portable but powerful weapons systems, such as man-portable air defence systems, which “are usually in demand”.
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