SAPO

NABU and SAPO have disclosed the case materials involving Ihor Kolomoyskyi, the former ultimate beneficial owner of PJSC CB “PrivatBank,” along with five members of an organized group suspected of embezzling over UAH 9.2 billion from the bank. The investigation established that between January and March 2015, the bank’s ultimate beneficial owner – who at the time also served as […]

The President’s Office couldn’t come up with anything better than to convene a demonstrative meeting with the heads of all law enforcement agencies, including the director of NABU and the head of SAPO. After all, they understand – the latter two cannot ignore such a meeting in their official capacity. Anti-Corruption action center informs that Zelenskyy’s statement following the meeting […]

The European Commission has officially informed the Ukrainian government about the potential consequences the NABU law may have on Ukraine’s path toward EU membership. European Pravda has obtained information about the content of talks between EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos and Ukraine’s new Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Taras Kachka, regarding the reduction of powers of anti-corruption bodies. […]

So, he signed it. With his signature, President Zelenskyy has effectively crossed out the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions – and with it, the country’s European future. Volodymyr Ariev reveals. He signed a law that was originally meant to regulate the investigation of cases involving people missing under extraordinary circumstances during martial law. But the law was hijacked – rushed […]

Have 263 Members of Parliament Forgotten Why Russia Attacked Ukraine? Yuriy Butusov reveals. It seems that 263 members of Ukraine’s parliament have forgotten the root causes of Russia’s aggression — and why we are still fighting this war. In 2013, the people rose up on Maidan in protest after the government canceled the EU Association Agreement. One of the EU’s […]

On July 22, residents gathered in Kyiv for a protest following the adoption of a draft law that effectively undermines the independence of the anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAPO. This was reported by a Rubryka correspondent on the ground. Several hundred people gathered in the square near the Ivan Franko Theater, demanding a veto of draft law No. 12414, which […]

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 […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has already signed a bill that reduces the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). This was started bt MPs Yaroslav Zheleznyak and Oleksiy Honcharenko. “According to several of my sources, the president has already signed today’s adopted bill No. 12414, which effectively abolishes NABU and SAPO. Game over,” […]

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. […]