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Ukrainian Authorities Crack Down on Anti-Corruption Agencies as Their Independence Hangs in the Balance
KYIV CITY MUNICIPALITY, KYIV CITY REGION, JUL 21 – The Security Service of Ukraine arrested at least 15 National Anti-Corruption Bureau officials on suspicion of illegal dealings and collaboration with Russian intelligence, citing 70 searches conducted.
- On July 21, Ukraine’s main anti-corruption agency saw several of its officials detained and numerous searches carried out at various locations as part of a broader law enforcement operation.
- The crackdown followed allegations of Russian infiltration and traffic accident-related charges against NABU employees, but reports differ on whether these actions are politically motivated.
- Ukrainian authorities apprehended a NABU insider who reportedly transmitted intelligence to Russian operatives on more than 60 occasions and also took into custody a senior investigator connected to illegal industrial hemp sales to Russia.
- NABU reported that more than 70 searches were carried out involving 15 of its staff members without judicial authorization, while Transparency International expressed concern that the authorities were intensifying their campaign against anti-corruption activists in Ukraine.
- These developments signal rising tensions around Ukraine’s anti-corruption efforts, prompting calls from watchdogs and international diplomats to maintain the agencies' independence amid growing governmental pressure.
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Few issues often go beyond information about the war in the Ukrainian media. A raid on Monday by the Security Services (SSU) of the Ministry of the Interior against the National Anti-Corruption Office (NABU) and against the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) has been one of these exceptions. The operation has caused such a stir that even the G-7 ambassadors for Ukraine met with the NABU leadership and issued a statement showing their “se…
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der Standard DEIn Kyjiw a political crisis is fering: The SBU's action against the anti-corruption hunters is interpreted by government critics as an internal political warning sign
Yesterday's searches with the use of physical violence and suspicion of NABU employees, as expected, became the background for a full-fledged attack on NABU and SAP.
Ukrainian security service arrests so many key anti-corruption agency workers that it can no longer function
Ukrainian security services arrested officials from the country’s main anti-corruption agency yesterday and conducted dozens of searches, in a crackdown that the agency said went too far and had effectively shut down its entire mission.
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