Reports of possible violations of the requirements of the Law of Ukraine "On Prevention of Corruption" are an important tool for public control, contributing to the timely detection of facts regarding inaccurate declarations, conflicts of interest, and illicit enrichment. In 2025, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAPC) intensified its work in this area by introducing a new approach to processing reports.
For this purpose, a specialized unit was created within the Agency's structure to ensure the analysis of data contained in reports of corruption.
During 9 months of operation in 2025 (from April 1 to December 31), the specified unit processed 4,275 reports of possible violations of anti-corruption legislation requirements. Of these, 1,762 contained factual data that required detailed analysis and verification of the stated circumstances, as well as further response (where grounds existed) within the powers of the NAPC. The most common reasons why reports did not become the basis for further response measures can be read here.
Based on the results of the review of these reports:
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30 monitorings regarding potential conflicts of interest were initiated;
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16 reports were transferred to exercise control over the timeliness of declaration submissions;
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33 materials — for conducting lifestyle monitoring;
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319 materials — for conducting full audits of declarations.
By the end of the year, 193 of the initiated full audits were completed, the results of which revealed:
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signs of a criminal offense in 62 declarations (Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
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signs of an administrative offense in 56 declarations (Part 4 of Art. 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine);
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signs of unexplained assets in 3 declarations (grounds for civil forfeiture);
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inaccurate information in 71 declarations; In only one case, no violations were found.
The results of this work confirm that reports of corruption are an important source of information for detecting potential violations.
NAPC Deputy Head Serhii Hupiak emphasized the significance of factual, verifiable data in reports.
"The effectiveness of the response to corruption reports largely depends on how complete and specific the information provided by the applicant is and whether it can be verified. The more clearly facts, dates, amounts, positions, and other possible details are described, the more effectively the NAPC can process the report and, if grounds exist, take action. Conversely, general complaints or assumptions without specifics do not allow for the necessary analysis. This is not shifting the work onto the applicants, but a universally accepted global practice for reviewing reports. In many countries, the volume of supporting materials that applicants must provide regarding corruption is significantly larger than in Ukraine. Therefore, in 2025, we strengthened our efforts to train both the public and law enforcement sectors on how to report corruption," he noted.
In particular, the Agency prepared explanatory materials and a series of publications, and held a specialized webinar during which it explained the criteria for reports that applicants should pay attention to.
"Moving forward, we plan to bring the work with corruption reports from an operational to a systemic level: where the NAPC's function in this area is not limited only to the analysis of information provided in the report, but is systematized and generalized (including considering information received from other specially authorized subjects in the field of anti-corruption), and decisions on how to make this area more effective are made based on the data obtained," explained Denys Bitiukov, Head of the Corruption Report Review Department, regarding further priorities.
Read about the results of the NAPC contact center and the explanation of the departments' work in 2025 - here.
