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The level of corruption in the state is not decreasing, and bribery among the highest officials is even increasing. At the same time, the government openly demonstrates a lack of political will to properly fight such incidents, which is confirmed by a number of unresolved problems. This was reported by Oleksandr Klymenko, head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), during a briefing.
According to him, the issue with the expert institution remains unresolved and so-called Lozovyi amendments have not been repealed, thanks to which corrupt officials continue to avoid responsibility by closing proceedings on purely formal grounds.
Another significant obstacle, the head of SAPO noted, is the lack of powers for the agency to independently initiate investigations regarding members of parliament and to approve investigative and covert investigative actions against them.
Klymenko also said that in the last six months the Ministry of Defense, for the first time, appealed to NABU to conduct a risk analysis and identify where corruption could grow in the defense sector. NABU provided such an analysis to the Ministry of Defense. However, according to the SAPO head, NABU and SAPO cannot alone overcome corruption in the defense sector due to the scale of procurement and the limited number of detectives and prosecutors.
He added that after revealing corruption schemes, the Ministry of Defense must adopt administrative decisions that will help prevent their recurrence, including implementing transparent contests and purchases.
6 in August, the former commander of logistics for the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who in February was informed of suspicion in a case concerning the embezzlement of more than 1 billion UAH in building shelters for aviation, faced a new charge. He has been suspected of illicit enrichment.
27 in July it was reported that the former state secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is suspected of organizing a criminal group that embezzled funds from foreign citizens collected at the outset of Russia's full-scale invasion to support Ukraine.
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