Editing Kateryna Moroz

{{Infobox person
| name = Kateryna Moroz
| image = katerynaoroz.png
| birth_name = Kateryna Ivanivna Moroz
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1985|8|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Uzhhorod]], [[Ukraine]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|5|10|1985|8|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
| occupation = Courier
| years_active = 2007–2025
| era = [[Vriend Era]]
| known_for = Courier records used in the 2025 case against [[Arbëror Shpend Leka]]
}}

'''Kateryna Ivanivna Moroz''' (24 August 1985 – 10 May 2025) was a Ukrainian courier who worked in the support network of [[Arbëror Shpend Leka]] and [[Harku i Drenicës]]. She kept a courier notebook that later became part of the 2025 case against Leka during the [[Bucharest Tribunal]] process.<ref name="leka-personal"/><ref name="harku-collapse"/>

Moroz was detained with Leka in [[Gjakova]] on 9 May 2025. She was moved from Gjakova to [[Pristina]], transferred to [[Bucharest]] on 10 May 2025, and executed after conviction.<ref name="leka-capture"/>

== Early life ==
Moroz was born in [[Uzhhorod]], [[Ukraine]], on 24 August 1985. She lived near the city's freight district and completed a vocational bookkeeping course in Uzhhorod on 30 June 2003. She later worked as a retail clerk near transport stops used by drivers crossing western Ukraine.

On 3 December 2006, Moroz met [[Arbëror Shpend Leka]] while working in a shop near a transport stop in western Ukraine. Leka took her from the shop and forced her into a relationship with him. She remained under his control and was gradually brought into his courier work.<ref name="leka-personal"/>

== Work with Leka ==
Moroz entered Leka's network in 2007. On 17 March 2007, she travelled with a driver from Uzhhorod to [[Prizren]] while carrying commercial papers prepared by Leka. The papers presented one shipment as machine parts. Harku i Drenicës used that cover for storage work around Gjakova.<ref name="harku-history"/>

On 18 April 2012, Leka assigned Moroz the keys for two Prizren apartments used by his drivers. On 7 September 2012, he gave her access to a house in the Dardania district of Gjakova.<ref name="leka-personal"/>

Moroz's work became more important after Leka expanded the Bucharest-facing channel. On 26 May 2015, she copied payment names from a rail movement ledger into a notebook kept in her possession. On 4 February 2018, she delivered a phone list from a Prizren broker to a driver waiting near Gjakova. The notebook later helped investigators match Leka's route records with Bucharest buyers.<ref name="harku-routes"/><ref name="harku-collapse"/>

== Final months ==
[[File:Mugshot of Kateryna Moroz, 2025.png|thumb|325x325px|Moroz after her detention in 2025]]
After the collapse of the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]] in November 2024, Leka lost several protected routes. The opening of the Bucharest Tribunal on 1 May 2025 increased pressure on external suppliers tied to the [[Bucharest Butchers]].<ref name="harku-collapse"/>

On 16 January 2025, Moroz moved Leka's contact phones from a Prizren apartment to the Dardania house in Gjakova. She delivered the spare safehouse keys to the same address. On 7 May 2025, she collected rail manifests at the house and placed her courier notebook with them.

On 9 May 2025, Moroz and Leka were detained at the Dardania house during a coordinated operation. The seizure included Moroz's notebook and route files from Leka's Bucharest channel.<ref name="leka-capture"/><ref name="gjakova-history"/>

== Death ==
Moroz and Leka were moved from Gjakova to Pristina after their detention. They were held overnight near [[Pristina International Airport]] and transferred by aircraft to [[Henri Coandă International Airport]] near Bucharest on 10 May 2025. The Bucharest Tribunal convicted them during its early May proceedings. Moroz and Leka were shot by firing squad in Bucharest on 10 May 2025.<ref name="leka-capture"/>

== See also ==
* [[Arbëror Shpend Leka]]
* [[Harku i Drenicës]]
* [[Gjakova]]
* [[Prizren]]
* [[Glöbbery]]
* [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
* [[Bucharest Butchers]]
* [[Bucharest Tribunal]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="leka-personal">"[[Arbëror Shpend Leka#Personal life|Personal life]]". ''Arbëror Shpend Leka''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section identifying Moroz's birth date, Uzhhorod origin, coerced relationship with Leka, and courier work. Accessed 15 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="leka-capture">"[[Arbëror Shpend Leka#Capture and death|Capture and death]]". ''Arbëror Shpend Leka''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing the 9 May 2025 detention of Leka and Moroz in Gjakova and their execution in Bucharest on 10 May 2025. Accessed 15 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="harku-history">"[[Harku i Drenicës#History|History]]". ''Harku i Drenicës''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing the 4 April 1989 creation of Harku i Drenicës and its Gjakova storage base. Accessed 15 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="harku-routes">"[[Harku i Drenicës#Glöbbery and foreign routes|Glöbbery and foreign routes]]". ''Harku i Drenicës''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing Leka's Bucharest-facing channel and Tanoan-linked supply route. Accessed 15 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="harku-collapse">"[[Harku i Drenicës#Collapse of Leka's network|Collapse of Leka's network]]". ''Harku i Drenicës''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing the pressure after November 2024, the detention of Leka and Moroz, and the records seized before their transfer to Bucharest. Accessed 15 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="gjakova-history">"[[Gjakova#History|History]]". ''Gjakova''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''. Section describing the 9 May 2025 detention of Leka and Moroz in Gjakova. Accessed 15 June 2026.</ref>
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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:2025 deaths]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Ukrainian people]]
[[Category:Criminals]]
[[Category:Arms traffickers]]
[[Category:Harku i Drenicës]]
[[Category:Glöbbery]]
[[Category:Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
[[Category:Bucharest Butchers]]
[[Category:Vriend Era]]

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