How we tracked down the Ukrainian poison seller - BBC News

Leonid Zakutenko sold poison to vulnerable people who wanted to die - we confronted him at a post office in Kyiv.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, The BBC asked Zakutenko what he had to say to the families of the deadBy Angus Crawford and Tony SmithBBC NewsA Ukrainian man who sells poison to people who want to take their own lives has been named by the BBC. This is the story of how - after a two-year investigation - we tracked the seller down and finally confronted him outside a post office in war-torn Kyiv.

On a website where people openly discuss suicide, "the Ukraine supplier" was a name frequently discussed by members.

The mysterious trader was shipping a chemical commonly used for suicide around the world from Ukraine's capital. He has been linked to at least 130 UK deaths.

We traced his online store, as well as his email address and PayPal account, and managed to identify the man as Leonid Zakutenko.

In January 2022, we decided to make direct contact with Zakutenko, posing as an interested buyer on the pro-suicide forum.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68413310

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