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On June 19, 2017, the Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) jointly with the officers of the Department of Economic Security of the National Police of Ukraine under the procedural guidance of the Anti-corruption prosecutors detained the Deputy of Regional Council of Khmelnytsky Region – the Deputy Head of one of the Standing Committees. He is suspected of committing crimes under Part 2 Article 15, Part 4 Article 190 (Fraud), Part 4 Article 27, Part 2 Article 15, Part 4 Article 369 («Offer, promise, or give improper advantage to official») of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

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.

As of April 30, 2017, the Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office (SAPO) sent 65 indictments to  courts. As of know the courts passed only 17 decisions.

The Draft Law №6220 "On Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine on Entering of Data into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations and Basis on Termination the Criminal Proceedings" is under consideration in the Verkhovna Rada. The adoption of the abovementioned Draft Law can block investigations of law enforcement agencies, including investigations of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office (SAPO).

The Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) under the procedural guidance of the anti-corruption prosecutors finished the pre-trial investigation of the criminal proceeding as of the facts of receiving improper advantage in the amount of 36 000 USD by 2 officials of the State Tax Inspectorate in Kyiv and by an intermediary-lawyer

As of April 30, 2017, the Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office (SAPO) sent 65 indictments to the courts. In general, the NABU Detectives investigate 328 criminal proceedings.

The Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) gave notices of suspicion to 5 suspects in criminal proceeding as of the facts of 17.28 million USD public funds embezzlement of the State Enterprise (SE) Eastern Mining and Processing Plant (EMPP). The abovementioned 5 suspects are 2 organizers, 2 accomplices and 1 executive of the criminal scheme.

On April 21, 2017, the Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv chose preventive measures for the Deputy Head of the District Court of Dnipro (in a form of house arrest on the 24-hours basis) and for a judge from the abovementioned court (in a form of house arrest from 10:00 p.m. to 06:00 a.m). It should be reminded that on April 19, 2017, the suspects were detained on receiving improper advantage.

Foreign banks and companies are involved in crime schemes, investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, and more than one third of the damage done to the State from these crimes, relates to them.