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The Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) completed the pre-trial investigation of the case as of the corruption of prosecutor of the Department for Supervision in Criminal Proceedings of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine (GPO). The abovementioned prosecutor was exposed on receiving 15 thousand USD of improper advantage. On January 4, 2019, the prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) sent the indictment to the Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv.

The Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) informed the prosecutor of the Department for Supervision in Criminal Proceedings of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine (GPO) on the completion of the pre-trial investigation. The abovementioned prosecutor is suspected of committing a crime as of the facts of receiving 15 thousand USD of improper advantage. On December 20, 2018, the suspect and the defence had been granted with access to criminal proceeding for review.

On December 5, 2017, the Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Stoliarchuk gave notices of suspicion to two more employees of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). The earlier detained NABU undercover agent was given notice of suspicion on November 30. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (GPO) suspects the NABU employees of allegedly committing crimes under Article 369 (Offer, promise, or giving improper advantage to official) and Article 370 (Provocation of bribery) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The statements of the General Prosecutor of Ukraine about the alleged illegality of work of some units of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) do not reflect the reality and sometimes also belie the common sense. As Mr Lutsenko, judging by his statements, seems not to be fully aware of the basic legal principles of the operative search activities, we inform that all NABU’s operative and search activities are guided by the requirements of the Law "On the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine" and the Law "On Operative and Search Activities". According to Article 8 of the Law "On Operational and Search Activities", regular and freelance open and undercover employees can be involved in conducting operative and search activities.

In April 2017 the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) started an undercover operation to embed the special agent to an organized criminal group consisting of current and former officials of the State Migration Service of Ukraine (SMSU). According to the operational data, upon prior conspiracy, the officials of the SMSU demanded and received funds for providing to foreigners the citizenship of Ukraine, certificates for temporary residence in Ukraine, as well as for quickening the production of biometric passports for Ukrainian citizens.

The Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine (GPO) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) illegally interfered with an undercover special operation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau aimed at identifying members of an organized criminal group in the State Migration Service of Ukraine.

As the result of the work of the joint investigative group of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Department of Special Investigations of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine (GPO), a former Member of Parliament (MP) from the Party of Regions and an assistant of another MP from the Party of Regions were given notices of suspicion.

Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) will continue the pre-trial investigation of the so-called “black ledger” of the Party of Regions case as a part of a joint investigative group with the Department of Special Investigations of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine (GPO) headed by Serhii Gorbatiuk.

The Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) finished pre-trial investigation of the criminal proceeding as of the Deputy Head of Department of the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine (GPO). On March 3, 2017, the defense was provided with access to the documents of the pre-trial investigation.