From 2016 to 2025, 71 current and former MPs were reported to be suspected in criminal proceedings being investigated by detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), 42 of them during 2022–2025. 31 defendants are MPs of the current, ninth convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
This is evidenced by data from NABU and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Anti-corruption activists stated that before the creation of NABU and SAPO in 2015, bringing MPs to justice for corruption was more of an exception than a rule.
After the creation of NABU and SAPO, the situation changed.
Typical corruption offenses in which MPs were found guilty include:
👤 misappropriation or embezzlement of property, Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - 17;
👤 receiving unlawful benefit, Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - 4;
👤 abuse of power or official position, Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - 14;
👤 false declaration, Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - 15;
👤 illicit enrichment, Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - 3.
"NABU and SAPO consistently prove that the law is the same for everyone, and MP's mandate does not exempt from liability," NABU and SAPO reported.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the director of NABU, who is supposed to fight corruption, was brought to criminal liability for bribery. The wife of the NABU director gave the wife of the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration an apartment in Kyiv, and she gave her a country house (dacha) near Kyiv.
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