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Ukrainian colonel jailed over inflated drone contracts

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has ordered the detention of Colonel Vasyl Myshanskyi, a National Guard officer suspected of corruption in the drones and electronic warfare (EW) procurement for his unit, Suspilne reported on Aug. 5.

5 August 2025, 02:45 PM

NABU targets SBU official for $300,000 extortion

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) disclosed case materials suspecting a head of a sector in the SBU’s Department for Protection of National Statehood, along with two accomplices, of extorting illicit benefits, according to a joint statement on July 22.

22 July 2025, 01:39 PM

Prosecutors request former Territorial Development Minister removal from office

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) are seeking Communities and Territorial Development Minister (until 2022) Oleksii Chernyshov suspension, officials wrote on June 27.

27 June 2025, 10:19 AM

Ex-Ternopil Council head Mykhailo Holovko jailed for 9 years over bribe

The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACCU) sentenced former Ternopil Oblast Council head Mykhailo Holovko to nine years in prison for soliciting and accepting over 600,000 hryvnias ($14,446) in bribes from a volunteer, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) reported on Telegram on June 18.

18 June 2025, 12:10 PM

$5,000 bribes for international routes: Ukrainian railways bribery scandal unfolds

Ukraine's National Police is investigating allegations of corruption involving Ukrainian Railways (UZ) officials and international passenger transport, journalist Yevhen Plinskyi wrote on Facebook on Dec. 11.

11 December 2024, 02:49 PM

Vienna court blocks fugitive Ukrainian billionaire extradition to USA

A Vienna court has once again rejected the extradition of Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the United States, where he faces corruption charges related to bribes for titanium mining in India, Vienna AT media wrote on Dec. 4.

5 December 2024, 10:25 AM

Ukrainian MP Andriy Odarchenko sentenced to 8 years for attempted bribery

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court sentenced MP Andriy Odarchenko to eight years in prison in absentia, with asset confiscation, for an alleged bribery attempt, according to the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 14.

14 November 2024, 05:59 PM

SBU detains Deputy Energy Minister on $500 thousand bribe charge

The Security Service (SBU) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detained the Deputy Energy Minister on suspicion of receiving half a million dollars bribe, the SBU reported on Aug. 12.

12 August 2024, 01:00 PM

$72,000 bail set for MP charged with bribery

The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has set a UAH 3 million bail ($72,358) for Mykola Zadorozhnyi, a Ukrainian MP charged with bribery earlier this week, public broadcaster Suspilne reported on July 17.

18 July 2024, 02:21 AM

Ukraine's prosecutors caught in $170,000 bribery case

Prosecutors from the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office have been exposed for accepting a bribe of $170,000 in exchange for closing a criminal investigation, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) reported on July 16.

16 July 2024, 01:36 PM

MP expelled from ruling party after bribery charges

Ukrainian MP Mykola Zadorozhnyi has been expelled from the ruling Servant of the People party after being charged with demanding a $92,000 bribe from local Sumy Oblast officials, the party announced on July 15.

16 July 2024, 01:21 AM

Ruling party MP charged with bribery

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) has obtained evidence that an MP from the ruling Servant of the People party demanded a $92,000 bribe in exchange for facilitating an infrastructure project in Sumy Oblast, SAPO reported on July 16.

15 July 2024, 09:06 PM

Two associates of arrested Russian defense official die days apart

Two people associated with former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, recently arrested in a bribery case, died under mysterious circumstances within two days of each other.

13 July 2024, 01:48 PM

SBU detains Kyiv State Tax head for bribery

The acting deputy head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Kyiv has been exposed for corruption, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on Telegram on July 12.

12 July 2024, 02:43 PM

Former Supreme Court head Knyazev stopped near Romanian border

The Former President of Ukraine’s Supreme Court, Vsevolod Knyazev, was detained one kilometer from the Romanian border in Zakarpattya Oblast, Ukrainian journalist Vitaliy Hlahola reported on July 10.

11 July 2024, 01:15 AM

Lviv businessman Hrynkevych faces trial for $500,000 bribery case

Lviv businessman, accused of attempting to bribe a Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) official with $500,000, is set to face trial, the SBI press service reported on Telegram on July 9.

9 July 2024, 04:27 PM

Court unfreezes some assets of former Supreme Court head Knyazev

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has ruled to unfreeze some of the assets belonging to the former President of the Supreme Court, Vsevolod Knyazev, Transparency International Ukraine reported on July 8.

8 July 2024, 11:23 PM

Two charged with offering $1.7 million bribe to customs officials

Two men were charged with attempting to offer $1.7 million in bribes to senior Ukrainian customs officials, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) announced via Facebook on July 4.

4 July 2024, 09:55 PM

The ousters of top reconstruction officials undermine the West's trust in Zelenskyy - Anti-corruption CEO

The resignations of Infrastructure Restoration & Development head Mustafa Nayyem and Reconstruction Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov are public administration "suicide" in Ukraine, Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC) CEO, Daria Kaleniuk, told Radio NV.

11 June 2024, 02:01 PM

Rivne Oblast Council official detained in bribery case – SBU

Rivne Oblast Council deputy chairman was exposed for accepting UAH 600,000 ($15,000) bribe to resolve a local businessman’s land and property issues, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service reported on Telegram on May 31.

31 May 2024, 04:11 PM

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