Criminal proceedings based on materials from the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) concerning the procurement of goods for the construction of fortifications, logging, and abuse of official position, reasoned conclusions and two reports on administrative offences – these are the results of the Agency's activities in March-April 2025 in the area of conflict of interest.
Criminal proceedings based on NACP materials and reasoned conclusions:
Based on the materials referred by the NACP and the substantiated conclusion, the Office of the Prosecutor General registered criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 364 and Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the grounds of possible abuse of office by officials of the territorial divisions of State Enterprise ‘Forests of Ukraine’. These illegal actions caused serious consequences for the state, totalling more than UAH 2 million.
In addition, based on materials from the NACP, the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) registered several criminal proceedings against officials of the State Agency of Ukraine for Land Reclamation, Fisheries and Food Programmes.
In particular, officials of the State Agency for Fisheries, abusing their official position, illegally disposed of seized biological resources, transferring them to business entities that did not have the right to engage in commercial activities. The amount of damage to the state is estimated at approximately UAH 2.4 million.
NACP also sent a substantiated conclusion to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on the detection of signs of a corruption offence under Part 4 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine against officials of one of the regional military administrations (RMA) who, in violation of the current legislation, purchased materials for the construction of fortifications at inflated prices. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, against officials of one of the regional military administrations who, in violation of the current legislation, purchased materials for the construction of fortifications at an inflated price, causing losses to the state in the amount of over UAH 40 million.
Protocols on the commission of administrative offences
Also, during March-April 2025, NACP drew up protocols on the commission of administrative offences under Article 172-7 of the Code of Administrative Offences:
The Agency established that the former head of the court had failed to inform the Council of Judges of Ukraine of his conflict of interest due to the need to take a decision on his own dismissal from the position of judge in connection with the civil confiscation of his assets. In October 2024, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) and confiscated part of the value of the apartment, amounting to over UAH 3.6 million, recognising such an asset of the official as unjustified.
An official of one of the city military administrations in Donetsk region headed a limited liability company for two years with the aim of making a profit, thereby violating restrictions on combining and concurrent employment with other types of activity.
The protocols have been sent to court. The officials face administrative penalties in the form of fines and inclusion in the Unified State Register of Persons Who Have Committed Corruption or Corruption-Related Offences.
For more information on conflicts of interest arising in the pursuit of official duties, please visit here.
For restrictions on combining and concurrent employment with other types of activities, read here.
