On Wednesday, December 27, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption published rating of the most corrupt regions of Ukraine. The first places are occupied by Lviv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kiev, Odessa and Vinnitsa regions. In total, more than three thousand cases of corruption were opened in Ukraine this year.
About anti-rating of corrupt areas is known from the official message of NAPC. About two-thirds of all cases are considered criminal offenses.
In terms of open cases, it ranks first Lviv region. It opened 243 cases of corruption. Second place belongs to Dnepropetrovsk region with 219 cases. Next - Kievskaya, Odesa и Vinnitsa together have 618 cases. Considered quite corrupt with 143 open cases Sumskaya region. In the capital of Ukraine - Kiev 146 cases have been opened.
Regions with low levels of corruption are Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Kharkivska, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Poltava и Transcarpathian areas. In total, 680 cases have been opened.
In total, in 2023, NAPC opened 3045 cases. Of these, according to court decisions, 2757 were violations of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, 1904 were classified as administrative offenses. And 288 of them resulted in disciplinary action.
NABU and SAP statistics
The informant wrote that in 2023 they opened record number of cases against people's deputies, judges and top officials throughout the history of the fight against corruption during independence. The National Anti-Corruption Agency and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reported suspicion to 254 individuals. These are statistics for 11 months of the year that has not yet ended.
NABU explained that reporting suspicion is one of the main stages of the pre-trial investigation. It should be understood this way: investigators have collected a sufficient number of convincing facts that this person may be involved in the crime. And after a person has acquired the status of a suspect, the process of bringing him to criminal responsibility begins.
