On February 22, 2018, the Former Head of a separate Unit of the State Enterprise National Nuclear Power Generation Company (NNPGC) «Energoatom», suspected of causing damage to the SE NNPGC «Energoatom», was detained at the Kyiv Boryspil Airport. During the last three months the suspect was mentioned in the wanted list.
The success of the fight against corruption in Ukraine can be doubled if the Specialized Anti-Corruption Court is established. The later will endure sentences and fair punishment for the top-corrupt officials. This was emphasized by the Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Artem Sytnyk at the presentation of the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2017, held on February 21, 2018, in Kyiv.
On January 16, 2018, the Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) jointly with the Central Directorate of the Counterintelligence Protection of the National Economy of the Security Service of Ukraine under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) detained four officials of Limited liability company (LLC) Energiya-Novyj Rozdil, LLC Energia-Novoyavorivsk and LLC Energiya. The detainees are suspected of 300 million cubic meters embezzlement of natural gas of National Joint-Stock Company (NJSC) Naftogaz of Ukraine which exceeds 1.4 billion UAH. On the same day, the suspects were given notices of suspicion for allegedly committing crimes under Part 5 Article 190, Part 3 Article 28, Part 2 Article 366, Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) under the procedural guidance of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) completed a pre-trial investigation of the criminal proceeding as of the facts of receiving 16 thousand USD improper advantage by two judges of one of the District Courts of Dnipro. On January 11, 2018, the indictment as of abovementioned judges and two more persons was sent to court.
On January 9, 2018, according to the order of the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) the Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) provided the former Member of Parliament (also known as the Former Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex) and his defense with access to the documents of the pre-trial investigation of the criminal proceeding as of the facts of funds embezzlement of the State Enterprise (SE) Eastern Mining and Processing Plant (EMPP) and the SE «National Nuclear Energy Generating Company (NNEGC) «Energoatom».