In July 2024, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) completed 78 full audits of declarations under the new risk-based approach. Inaccurate information was found in every second completed audit, totaling almost UAH 364 million and unjustified assets worth UAH 12.3 million. The company submitted 40 substantiated conclusions to the competent authorities and sent 2 protocols to the court.
The top violations based on the results of full audits in July were found in the declarations:
- Deputy Head of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Mykolaiv region (false information for UAH 100.9 million and UAH 48.8 million in the declarations for 2021 and 2022, criminal proceedings have been initiated)
- a former Deputy Minister (UAH 10.9 million, criminal proceedings have been initiated);
- a deputy of the Kropyvnytskyi City Council (UAH 18.2 million, a substantiated conclusion was sent to the National Police of Ukraine);
- Director of the Communal Services Department of the Vyshneve City Council of the Kyiv-Svyatoshynskyi District of Kyiv Region (over UAH 12.6 million; criminal proceedings were initiated);
- Director of the State Institute Ukrdiprobudmist (UAH 10.1 million, criminal proceedings initiated);
- the former director of the State Enterprise “Main Training and Methodological Center of the State Labor Service” (more than UAH 9.5 million and UAH 6.6 million in declarations for 2021 and 2022, criminal proceedings have been initiated);
- an employee of the Poltava District Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support (UAH 6.4 million, a substantiated conclusion was sent);
- Head of Lysychansk City Military Administration of Sievierodonetsk District, Luhansk Oblast (UAH 4.9 million, a substantiated conclusion was sent).
In addition, in July, NACP compiled 2 reports on administrative offenses under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (hereinafter - the Code) (for declaring false information).
As of today, a total of 616 full audits have been initiated in 7 months, of which 284 have been completed and 332 are ongoing.
Out of 284 completed audits, inaccurate information was found (signs of offenses under Part 4 of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) in 129, which is 45.4% of the completed audits.
The list of persons in respect of whom full audits have been initiated, as well as all the results of the audits, can be found here.
Among all the completed full audits of declarations, most violations, including signs of illicit enrichment, false information and unjustified assets, were found in declarations submitted by representatives of:
- local self-government bodies - 35, of which 19 are deputies of local councils, four deputies of regional councils; one chairman of the regional council, one chairman of the city council, one chairman of the district council, three deputy mayors;
- judicial authorities - three, including one judge and two other persons;
- pre-trial investigation bodies - seven;
- customs and tax authorities - 15;
- state-owned enterprises - 15, including 11 heads of enterprises;
- legislative authorities - one member of parliament.
In addition, the facts of declaring false information were confirmed in 42 out of 103 completed verifications of declarations of Kyiv city officials (40.7%); in 10 out of 25 completed verifications of officials of Odesa region (40%); in 10 out of 11 completed verifications of officials of Cherkasy region (90.9%).
As a reminder, the start of a full inspection does not mean that the declarant has committed a corruption or corruption-related offense. If the inspection reveals violations, NACP takes measures to bring the person to justice in accordance with the law. If there are grounds, the materials are transferred to the pre-trial investigation authorities and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to consider civil confiscation of unjustified assets.
What happens to the declaration after it is submitted? Read here.
