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On Thursday, September 22, 2016 the detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine detained the chief investigator for high-profile cases of the Department of investigation of high-profile economic cases of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine (GPO) on suspicion of property conversion by abuse of official post (Article 191 Part 3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The corresponding investigation was started on September 1, 2016 by the NABU detectives under the procedural guidance of the Anti-corruption prosecutors.

The EU officials expressed their support for the legislative initiatives, required for the efficient functioning of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. In particular, it refers to the right of autonomous wiretapping and the establishment of the Anti-corruption court.

The investigations of the proceedings on 50 million UAH embezzlement of funds of PJSC "State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine”, conducted by the NABU detectives, resulted into 34 million UAH returned to the accounts of the Corporation.

"The NABU’s task is not only to expose the crime but also to bring the guilty ones to justice, eliminate the corruption schemes and return the stolen funds to the state. Over the past few months of the NABU’s work, 69 million UAH have  already been returned to the state budget," the NABU Director Artem Sytnyk said.