Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, nearly 7,000 convictions have been handed down to corrupt officials. This data is provided by the Unified Register of Persons Involved in Corruption, maintained by the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC). After a pause due to the invasion, the NAPC has resumed its checks on officials' declarations, and it seems this is just the beginning.
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As reported by "Opendatabot", the leaders in the number of caught corrupt officials are Lviv, Vinnytsia, and Odesa regions. In Lviv, there have been 172 convictions, in Vinnytsia – 151, and in Odesa – 115. However, it should not be assumed that these regions have the highest number of offenders; rather, it indicates that the courts there are functioning steadily and actively.
Since the war began, 6,877 convictions have been issued, which is slightly less compared to pre-war times. For instance, in 2021, nearly 7,000 new corrupt officials were added to the Register, while so far this year, there have been 1,758. Nevertheless, with the resumption of checks, it is expected that the number of cases will soon rise again.
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- Offering or providing bribes – this accounts for 663 convictions, or nearly 38% of all cases. However, this is one-third less than last year.
- Untimely submission of declarations – 623 convictions, and this number has skyrocketed by 34 times. The NAPC explains that starting from April 2024, data began to come in after three consecutive declaration campaigns, leading to a significant backlog of cases.
- Conflicts of interest – 281 individuals were convicted for this, which is half compared to last year.
As a result, nearly 98% of corrupt officials this year received fines – totaling 1,714 individuals. Only 27 people, or 1.5%, were actually sent to prison.
According to the NAPC, due to the war, they were unable to conduct checks in a regular manner for almost two years, and now they need to "clear out" the accumulated cases. To facilitate this, automatic checks have been introduced, and only declarations with a high level of risk are manually reviewed.