On Aug. 12, 2022, the head of a Poltava district court was notified of suspicion of fraud, incitement to bribery, and concealment of assets. His actions fall under Part 3 Art. 190, Part 2 Art. 15, Part 4 Art. 27, Part 3 Art. 369 and Part 1 Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Since the judge's whereabouts were unknown, the suspicion notice was served in absentia.
On Aug. 10, 2022, the National Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office issued indictments in the case of theft of 17.11 hectares of particularly valuable land, which caused UAH 11.6 million in losses to the state.
The National Bureau and the state-owned Ukrainian National Center for Peacebuilding, acting as the National Information Bureau (NIB), have joined efforts to promptly respond to the facts of human rights violations brought by the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine.
From the first day of russia's full-scale invasion, NABU did not stand aside but joined the fight against the occupier. Bureau personnel primarily focused on helping the Armed Forces, the Defense Intelligence, the Security Service, and the Prosecutor General's Office.
The first half of 2022 saw the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine fighting on two fronts - against top corruption and russian occupiers. The period became one of the most difficult in terms of challenges faced by the Bureau staff in the conditions of a full-scale invasion of the enemy.