corruption in Ukraine
Friends, let’s gather for the rally to support anti-corruption institutions and stand up for what we have built over the past decade. We’re meeting at 8:00 PM at the square near the Ivan Franko Theater in Kyiv. This is the closest accessible place to the President’s Office, so I hope they will be able to see us from their windows. […]
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed a law that effectively destroys the independence of NABU and SAPO. This is not merely a reassignment of subordination. Not a technical amendment, as some would like to present it. It is the dismantling of the anti-corruption infrastructure built after the Revolution of Dignity – an infrastructure created by civil society, under pressure […]
The EU expreses concern over threat to Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms and closely following developments around NABU and SAPO. The independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions is a core condition for continued political and financial support. Any rollback of reforms threatens Ukraine’s European integration path. The European Union has expressed concern over Ukraine’s recent actions regarding NABU and SAPO, and reminded that […]
Today, Ukraine’s Parliament is set to consider Draft Law No. 12414 in its second reading, now with last-minute amendments that, according to official statements by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), would effectively eliminate their independence and subordinate their work to the Prosecutor General. The key amendments would allow the Prosecutor General to: NABU warns […]
The large-scale attack by nearly all of the country’s law enforcement agencies against NABU can be divided into two distinct parts: a genuine attempt to remove questionable figures from the Bureau, and a broader effort to use this as a pretext for a major discrediting campaign against the entire anti-corruption bloc. Roman Romaniuk and Angelina Strashkulych investigate for Ukrainska Pravda. […]
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement supported amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), according to which the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) could become dependent on the decisions of the Prosecutor General. Currently, these are independent anti-corruption institutions. Ukrainska Pravda was informed by the law enforcement committee, and committee proposals to draft […]
Mass raids in NABU and SAPO is an orchestrated attempt to discredit and dismantle independent watchdogs that was not out of G7 Ambassadors attention. The ambassadors of G7 countries have voiced serious concern over the launch of investigations targeting several employees of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). This was stated in a message posted on social media platform X. “G7 […]
Regarding the SBU’s allegations of possible cooperation between a NABU employee and a representative of Russian intelligence services. In August 2023, NABU received information from the leadership of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) regarding potential risks associated with one of the Bureau’s employees. The report stated that during this individual’s service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (from 2012 […]
On Monday, July 21, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Prosecutor General’s Office conducted around 70 searches involving employees of NABU – the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. NABU emphasizes that these investigative actions are being carried out without court warrants, while the SBU and the Prosecutor’s Office suspect one of NABU’s top officials of aiding Russia. NV […]
President Zelenskyy is building a corrupt autocracy, where the likes of Chernyshov and Mindich can steal without ending up in prison, and Zelenskyy himself can easily get re-elected. To achieve this, he needs to eliminate critics and whistleblowers (like myself and the Anti-Corruption Action Center), then destroy NABU and SAPO, and curb independent media (I assume they’ll start with Ukrainska […]
Mass raids by security forces targeting NABU and SAP: a coordinated attempt to undermine independent institutions. Anti-Corruption Action center warns. The mass investigative actions by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI), and the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) against the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) appear to be a continuation of pressure and an […]
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) has launched a criminal investigation into the alleged misconduct of Acting Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine – and current Minister of Justice – Olha Stefanishyna. This was confirmed to Suspilne by SAPO spokesperson Olha Postoliuk. According to her, SAPO initiated the proceedings based on facts reported in a Ukrainska […]