Increasing the efficiency of investigations and preventing corruption schemes are the main goals of the Memorandum signed on July 3, 2023, by NABU Director Semen Kryvonos and European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi.
On June 26, 2023, NABU and SAPO detained the head of the Ternopil Regional Council and two deputy heads of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration for receiving undue benefits.
In his first interview in his new position, Semen Kryvonos told Ukrinform whether NABU has enough resources for proper operations in terms of personnel, technology, and finance, lifted the veil off some of the most high-profile cases, spoke of cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, as well as commented on whether any senior officials are trying to influence his agency’s work.
Detecting, combating, and preventing corrupt practices within projects related to Ukraine's recovery is an urgent challenge. In order to overcome it, Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau Semen Kryvonos and Head of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Stróżny have signed a cooperation agreement.
NABU and SAPO detained a deputy of the Rivne Regional Council who extorted and received an undue advantage of USD 1,200 from a person for giving her a disability group in connection with the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.