Section: Investigations
U.S., EU insist that Ukraine establish Specialized Anti-Corruption Court
Ukraine needs to establish the Specialized Anti-Corruption Court, the United States Embassy and the EU Delegation to Ukraine wrote in a joint statement. ”Ukraine`s success in its anti-corruption efforts is critical to delivering results demanded by the people on the Maidan as well as to attracting the foreign direct investment that is needed to...
Day 2 of Hague Ukraine vs. Russia hearings: Moscow denies Kyiv`s accusations
During the second day of hearings on the Ukraine vs. Russia case, the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, considered Kyiv`s request to introduce provisional measures against Russia to protect Ukrainian citizens` rights to life. The case is being considered as an urgent matter. See also: Hague Court to begin hearing of...
Ukrainian prosecutors summon former tax chief Klymenko
The Chief Military Prosecutor`s Office has summoned ex-head of the State Tax Service (2011-2012) and income and tax minister (2012 to 2014) Oleksandr Klymenko for investigative and procedural actions. ”The Chief Military Prosecutor`s Office of the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) is carrying out a special pre-trial investigation into criminal...
Hague Court to begin hearing of Ukraine case against Russia on March 6
The Hague-based International Court of Justice will start hearings on Monday, March 6, on the Ukraine case concerning Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine vs. Russian Federation). The...
SBU eliminates scheme of withdrawing capital into offshore companies
Kyiv law enforcers have revealed the illegal scheme of withdrawing a considerable sum of money into offshore companies, according to the SBU Security Service of Ukraine. ”Perpetrators, using controlled dummy exporting companies, concluded export contracts with affiliated non-resident companies, without reporting transactions in their tax...
Germany warns Ukraine over corruption
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel in Ukraine on Friday urged lawmakers to battle endemic corruption, tying the issue to the country`s economic development and conflict with Russian-backed separatists, according to Deutsche Welle (DW). ”It is an important task in your land to ensure the reform process is successful,” Gabriel told a group of...
Ukrainian Tax Service Head detained and suspected of inflicting UAH 2 bln damage to budget including using money on trip to Trump oath
The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office (SACPO) suspects Chairman of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov of committing acts which resulted in a damage to the state in the amount of UAH 2 billion, according to a SACPO official Roman Syvkiv, TSN news service reported. The investigation believes that Nasirov took unreasonable...
MH17 investigation: Bellingcat elaborates on role of Russian Major General Dubinsky
The international team of investigative journalism, Bellingcat, in its latest update of its large-scale report on the circumstances of the shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines Boeing flight MH17 over Donbas focuses on a role in the incident of a retired Russian Major General Sergey Dubinsky aka ”Khmuryi.” Bellingcat experts have analyzed...
Anti-corruption Bureau detained chief taxman Nasirov
An operation by the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is under way in Feofania, outside Kyiv, to detain Chairman of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov as part of the so-called Onyshchenko case, according to MP Serhiy Leshchenko. ”The NABU is in Feofania now to detain Nasirov. He is charged with `restructuring` for...
Navalny publishes investigative report on Russian PM Medvedev`s ”secret empire”
Alexei Navalny`s Anti-Corruption Foundation claims Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev has created one of the most sophisticated large-scale corruption schemes. The Foundation claims that Medvedev supervises several charities which have received RUB 70 billion (approximately $1.2 billion), Meduza reported. Foundation claims that the money...