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Khoroshkovsky court practice gives the SBU the opportunity to intercept one phone number which, he asserts, is fairly dangerous, especially when investigating drug trafficking or bribe taking where the suspects can change their numbers. The Head of the Security Service [SBU] is asking the Head of the Supreme Court to consider the possibility of courts providing permits at once for all telephone calls of a suspect to be intercepted during investigative operations. Khoroshkovsky stated this during a coordination meeting at the Prosecutor General’s Office on the situation with fighting corruption and organized crime. He added that court practice gives the SBU the opportunity to intercept one phone number which, he asserts, is fairly dangerous, especially when investigating drug trafficking or bribe taking where the suspects can change their numbers. Read the story here.