Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Ternopil resident charged over $15,000 influence-peddling scheme
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged a Ternopil region resident with accepting a $15,000 bribe in exchange for promising to influence judges and police so that a drunk-driving suspect could avoid imprisonment
SAPO appeals acquittal of Kharkiv commercial court judge
Tetiana Denysiuk faces a new cassation appeal after SAPO challenged her acquittal in a case linked to ex-MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko
HCJ dismisses judge Zaverriuha over misconduct
HCJ dismissed judge Valentyn Zaverriuha suspected of schemes helping evade mobilization. He is accused of disciplinary violations undermining judicial integrity
Judge Silich declares income and daughter’s apartment
Judge Ivan Silich declared over UAH 1.3 million income for 2025. His daughter bought an apartment worth UAH 1.1 million, while his wife reported over UAH 1 million from a car sale
NABU, SAPO send to court case on illegal travel scheme
NABU and SAPO sent to court a case against judges and lawyers in Odesa region accused of helping men illegally leave Ukraine. For about $3,500 they arranged court rulings on alleged single parenthood. Investigators documented more than 1,000 such decisions
Odesa judge dismissed for fake rulings to evade mobilization
A Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi court judge was dismissed for allegedly issuing 348 fake rulings for $3,500 each, allowing men to obtain mobilization deferrals and travel abroad
Judge in Zakarpattia caught taking a $1,300 bribe
NABU and SAPO exposed a judge in Zakarpattia who demanded and received a $1,300 bribe for lifting an asset seizure on timber, referring to the money as “candies.” He is charged with requesting and receiving unlawful benefit under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code. The investigation continues
Ex-Judge Charged with Inciting Bribery in Court Case
NABU and SAP charged a retired judge with inciting a bribe of 15,000 in unnamed currency for a favorable ruling in an administrative court case
Sumy judge fired for $2000 bribe to acquit drunk driver
The High Council of Justice dismissed Mykola Shershak for taking a $2000 bribe to issue an acquittal for a drunk driver. His criminal case is pending in HACC
The HCJ approved the arrest of Judge Savitskyi
The HCJ approved the detention of Judge Serhii Savitskyi, accused of facilitating the illegal departure of conscripts abroad
In the Lviv Region, a lawyer was detained for a $2,500 bribe
The lawyer promised to influence the judge for $2,500 to obtain a divorce decree, which would allow the conscript to avoid mobilization
Judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal will be tried for a bribe of $35,000
Four judges are suspected of receiving a bribe for lifting the seizure of property in the "Motor-Sich" case. Money was handed over in whiskey, coffee and brochure packages