The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) completed 74 full verifications of declarations in November 2024.
The declarations were selected based on a new risk-based approach. The verification revealed inaccurate information in 38 declarations (51.3% of the completed ones) for UAH 215.7 million, including unconfirmed cash for UAH 34 million, signs of unreasonable assets for more than UAH 5 million, and illicit enrichment for UAH 31.4 million.
We sent 34 substantiated conclusions to the competent authorities.
Top 10 violations found in the declarations of MPs following full audits in November:
- A member of the Ukrainian parliament, signs of inaccurate information worth more than UAH 3.8 million in the declaration for 2023. A substantiated conclusion was sent to the Prosecutor General's Office;
- the former Head of the Darnytsia District State Administration in Kyiv for 2021, found signs of false information worth over UAH 7.4 million and signs of unreasonable assets worth over UAH 5.2 million. The National Police of Ukraine (NPU) initiated criminal proceedings;
- the Mayor of Pereyaslav City Council, found signs of false information in the declaration for 2021 in the amount of over UAH 9 million, for 2022 in the amount of over UAH 8.5 million, and for 2023 in the amount of over UAH 8.3 million. The NPU initiated criminal proceedings;
- the Deputy Head of the Main Department - Head of the Investigation Department of the Main Department of the National Police in Zhytomyr Oblast, found signs of false information worth over UAH 11.6 million in the 2022 declaration. The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has initiated criminal proceedings;
- a deputy of the Pokrovsky District Council of Donetsk Oblast, found signs of false information worth more than UAH 26.5 million in his 2021 declaration. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU, which was attached to the criminal proceedings;
- the head of the Artsyzka State Notary Office in Odesa Oblast, found signs of inaccurate information worth over UAH 24.9 million in his 2023 declaration. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU;
- a deputy of the Kropyvnytskyi City Council, found signs of false information worth more than UAH 20.2 million in the declaration for 2023. The substantiated conclusion was also sent to the NPU;
- a deputy of the Pereshchepynsk City Council, found signs of false information in the declaration for 2021 in the amount of over UAH 6.8 million and for 2022 in the amount of over UAH 9.1 million. The substantiated conclusions were sent to the NPU;
- a member of the military medical commission of the municipal non-profit enterprise Svaliava City Hospital of the Svaliava City Council of Zakarpattia Oblast, found signs of inaccurate information in the declaration for 2023 in the amount of over UAH 10.6 million. The substantiated conclusion was sent to the NPU;
- the former director of the Severna Puscha State Enterprise, found signs of false information worth more than UAH 10.4 million in his 2022 declaration. The NPU initiated criminal proceedings.
In total, in 11 months of 2024, NACP launched 926 full inspections, of which 616 were completed, and 310 inspections are ongoing.
Of the 616 completed audits, inaccurate information, signs of illicit enrichment or unjustified assets, as well as violations of conflicts of interest were found in 320 declarations or 52% of the completed ones, i.e. in every second audited declaration.
For comparison, in 11 months of 2021, such violations were found in 23% of completed full audits of declarations.
So far, over 11 months, signs of inaccurate information have been identified for UAH 3.36 billion, signs of unreasonable assets for more than UAH 47 million, and signs of illicit enrichment for UAH 192.1 million.
Based on the results of the full audits, 192 substantiated conclusions were sent to the competent authorities on the grounds of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Declaration of false information”, 8 substantiated conclusions on the grounds of Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Illegal enrichment”.
The Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations included information based on the results of consideration of 162 materials, and 5 indictments in criminal proceedings under Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Declaration of false information” were sent to court.
This indicates that the application of a risk-based approach to the selection of declarations for full audit has had a positive impact on the efficiency of the audits.
Among all the completed full audits of declarations, the highest number of violations was found in those submitted by representatives of
- local self-government bodies - 109. Of these, 69 were submitted by members of local councils, 15 by members of regional councils; three heads of regional councils, two heads of city councils, one head of district council, three deputy mayors, one deputy head of regional council, three village councils' starostas, one village head and ten by other officials;
- Representatives of regional and district state administrations - 23, including one head of the regional state administration and two deputy heads of the RSA, three heads of district state administrations and two deputy heads of district state administrations, two heads of city military administrations, one deputy head of a city military administration, one head of a village military administration, and eleven other officials;
- employees of the National Police - 24, including one head of the Patrol Police Department, nine inspectors, five heads of structural units in the territorial bodies of the National Police and one deputy head of the Central Office Department, and eight patrol police officers;
- state-owned enterprises - 23, of which 16 are heads of such enterprises;
- customs and tax authorities - 11;
- pre-trial investigation bodies - 10;
- judicial authorities - five, including one judge, two jurors, and two other persons;
- legislative authorities - 5 MPs;
- central executive authorities - three deputy ministers;
- military medical commissions - 7.
In addition, the facts of declaring false information were confirmed in 17 out of 20 completed verifications of declarations of officials of Cherkasy region (85%); in 8 out of 10 completed verifications of officials of Kirovohrad region (80%); in 10 out of 13 completed audits - Vinnytsia region officials (77%); in 29 out of 45 completed audits - Kyiv region officials (64%); in 29 out of 51 completed audits - Odesa region officials (57%); 74 out of 218 completed audits of declarations of officials of Kyiv city (34%). Kyiv (34%); 15 out of 32 completed checks - officials of Lviv region (47%); 10 out of 17 completed checks - officials of Poltava region (59%).
Important: the start of a full inspection does not mean that the declarant has committed a corruption or corruption-related offense. If the verification reveals a violation, 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 forfeiture of unjustified assets.
The list of persons in respect of whom full audits have been initiated, as well as the results of the audits, can be found here.
Read more about what happens to the declaration after it is submitted here.
