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In the first half of 2026 year, the Bureau of Economic Security attracted or returned to the budget 19,509 billion hryvnias. But the important thing isn’t just the figure. It’s what stands behind it and whether it is measured by changes in the economy.
In our case, this is three components of the result. This is written by the head of the BES Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi.
Sources of revenues
The first and most important component is the economic effect of formalization, which amounted to 13,816 billion hryvnias.
This is the assessment of our analysts, confirmed by data from the State Tax Service and the State Customs Service. It shows that in the markets of fuel, electronics, and plant imports, increasingly more turnover is conducted legally. And this means more fair competition and fewer opportunities for schemes.
The second component (1,79 billion hryvnias) is the funds that have already been returned to the state.
The third component (3,903 billion) is the budget losses that we managed to prevent thanks to the work of analysts and detectives.
That is how, I think, the BES should be evaluated.
And this is part of the bureau’s changes—the shift to assessing real impact on the economy. Not by the number of opened cases. Because a case in the registry by itself does not change the economy.
The result is when money stays with the state. When a scheme stops working. When it becomes more profitable to conduct business legally than to look for loopholes. Ultimately, when every hryvnia not lost to economic crimes goes toward funding defense, healthcare, education, and other citizen needs.
We can work better
In many places BES could respond more promptly. Today the bureau operates at 26% of the personnel ceiling defined by law. This creates additional workload and affects the pace of work.
But we will not fill vacancies at any price. Not at the expense of selection quality and not at the expense of integrity. We conduct auditions prudently, hold open competitions, and build a new team.
Parallel to this, we are changing the system of work itself: we are developing regulatory framework, reviewing and digitizing processes, strengthening the analytical direction, and moving from the principle of ‘count the proceedings’ to the principle of ‘count the effect for the state.’
In our interaction with business, our position is simple: the law is the same for everyone. We are working to make it easier and more profitable to conduct honest business than to build schemes.
That is how we transform the BES, which assesses its work not by the process but by the result.
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