NABU Detectives will consolidate efforts with Polish officers to overcome trans-border crime
The Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) requested for international legal assistance more than 400 times. The received answers allowed revealing the final beneficiaries of companies involved in the Ukrainian corruption and tracking the flow of funds abroad. Support from foreign colleagues helps the NABU to eliminate corruption schemes. The Director of the Lviv Territorial Office of the NABU Taras Lopushanskiy emphasized this during the training for the NABU staff on September 24-27, 2018, in the Republic of Poland. The event was held with the support of the Anti-Corruption Network Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
"In the NABU investigations key evidence is often found abroad. It is difficult to overestimate how important the institute of international legal aid is. At the same time, the process of such interaction takes time. That's why we are looking for other ways of cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies, especially among our closest neighbors", said Taras Lopushanskiy.
The NABU Detectives noted that the benefits of such international educational activities allow not only share experience but also consolidate efforts to overcome trans-border crime and discuss the possibility of joint implementation of anti-corruption operations.
The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, the Ministry of Finance of Poland, the Polish Customs Service and Border Guard, International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO), The Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) also took part in the abovementioned event.
On September 26-27, the representatives of the National Bureau met with employees of the Lublin and Rzeszów Territorial Offices of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Republic of Poland, the Regional Office of the Polish Customs Service and the Police Department.
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On September 22, 2017, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Republic of Poland (CBA) signed an agreement on the implementation of measures for the prevention and counteraction to corruption risks in the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Poland on the granting of a loan under the terms of related assistance from September 9, 2015.
In order to comply with this agreement and to establish cooperation with the authorities responsible for the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Poland, the Lviv Territorial Office of the NABU has directed a number of requests, in particular to the State Agency of Motor Roads of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the territorial offices of the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine, the State Audit Service of Ukraine.
The NABU Lviv Territorial Office cooperates with the CBA, in particular with the Regional Office of the CBA in Rzeszów for information exchange.
