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Influential officials from law enforcement, parliament, and state structures may gain covert control over companies that supply weapons to the state. NABU monitors financial transactions and checks the ultimate beneficiaries of such enterprises.
This was stated by NABU Director Semen Kryvonos during a press briefing, according to a correspondent of Glavkom.
“In large weapon-supplying companies, influential beneficiaries may appear as officials in law enforcement, in parliament, or in the state. And they effectively become co-beneficiaries of those particular companies,” Kryvonos said during the briefing.
According to NABU’s head, such schemes may outwardly resemble ordinary state contracts. At the same time, the bureau is interested in how companies receive the corresponding orders.
NABU is also checking possible competition suppression during procurements. In particular, detectives track financial transactions and the ultimate beneficiaries of companies. Moreover, the bureau analyzes the influence of such individuals and their connections. “Corruption in defense undermines defense capability. This is an absolute fact,” the NABU director emphasized.
Kryvonos noted that NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office cannot single-handedly overcome corruption in defense procurements. He said anti-corruption bodies can investigate specific crimes, while the Ministry of Defense must reduce corruption risks directly within the procurement system.
The NABU head added that over the past six months the Ministry of Defense for the first time approached the bureau to analyze corruption risks in the defense sector. NABU provided the ministry with the relevant analysis.
As a reminder, in the first half of the year courts handed down 55 indictments in cases investigated by anti-corruption bodies. Among them are cases involving four high-ranking state officials and one civil servant of category “A.” Indictments were also issued for 11 heads of state-owned enterprises, four judges, and two prosecutors.
Earlier, NABU head Semen Kryvonos spoke of a “serious, substantial progress” in the investigation of the “Midas” case. At the same time, the details of this progress have not yet been disclosed by NABU.
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