Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko have announced a crackdown on criminality in Odesa, a city of 1 million people 475 kilometers south of Kyiv.

Avakov, Lutsenko, and other top law enforcement officials paid a visit to Odesa on Dec. 4, where they spoke about the rise of violence in Odesa and said they want to “stop illegal businesses” that fund the criminals.