Anti-Corruption Bureau

Anti-Corruption Bureau
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of Ukraine
Employees 700[1][2]
Agency executive
  • Artem Sytnyk[1], Chairman

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (Ukrainian: Антикорупційне бюро) is a Ukrainian Government Anti-corruption agency which investigates corruption in Ukraine and prepares cases for prosecution.[3] It was established in 2014 after its predecessor, the National Anti-Corruption Committee (Ukrainian: Урядовий уповноважений з питань антикорупційної політики Government Agency for Anti-Corruption Policy) was considered a failure.[4]

The agency is set to employ 700 people.[1] Its first 70 inspectors started to work on 1 October 2015.[5]

Ukrainian government also employs the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption which works to prevent corruption by monitoring government officials' lifestyles.[6]

History

National Anti-Corruption Committee

The National Anti-Corruption Committee agency was founded by the second Tymoshenko Government on 24 April 2009.[7] Its first meeting took place on 22 April 2010; at the time most of its members were government officials.[8] In September 2011 then President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych became head of the National Anti-Corruption Committee, while the Justice Minister served as the secretary of the committee.[9][10] At that time the committee was tasked to give systematic analysis and to develop measures to combat corruption.[10]

From 6 March 2014 the organization was led by Tetiana Chornovol.[11] At the time the organization was set to employ 1,200 people in seven regional offices.[3] Chornovol resigned on 18 August 2014 because "there is no political will in Ukraine to carry out a hard-edged, large-scale war against corruption".[12]

Anti-Corruption Bureau

In early June 2014 the Yatsenyuk government announced it would establish an anti-corruption bureau and that this was "the priority task for us".[4] This new agency was set up because its predecessor National Anti-Corruption Committee agency was considered a failure.[4] The founding of the anti-corruption bureau was a key requirement imposed by the IMF to continue its rescue package for Ukraine.[13] On 14 October 2014 the Ukrainian parliament passed the law on the creation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.[14][15] At first Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hoped the bureau would open on 14 January 2015; he later pushed this back to 24 August 2015.[16][17]

In May 2015 the organization consisted of only two people: Artem Sytnyk and his deputy, Gizo Uglava.[1] Sytnyk is a former chief investigator of the Kyiv Oblast prosecutor’s office and Uglava is the former deputy Prosecutor General of Georgia.[1] Sytnyk was appointed 16 April 2015 by President Poroshenko; Sytnyt appointed Uglava two weeks later.[1][18] In mid-May 2015 Sytnyk stated the agency was set to employ 700 people and be fully functioning by October 2015.[1] This was confirmed by President Poroshenko in early June 2015.[19] On 1 October 2015 the bureau's first 70 detectives started their investigations.[5]

The agency's detectives underwent training sponsored by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the European Union.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nation's first Anti-Corruption Bureau chief starts his work, Kyiv Post (15 May 2015)
  2. ↑ https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/editorial/decent-salaries-386394.html
  3. 1 2 Chornovol: A lot of work ahead for Ukraine's corruption fighters, Kyiv Post (5 May 2014)
  4. 1 2 3 Ukraine to set up anti-corruption bureau, Global Times (6 June 2014)
  5. 1 2 3 Reform Watch - Oct. 1, 2015, Kyiv Post (Oct. 2, 2015)
  6. ↑ Parliament adopts Yatsenyuk’s ambitious reform program for 2015, Kyiv Post (Dec. 11, 2014)
  7. ↑ (Ukrainian) Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decree, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (24 April 2009)
  8. ↑ Yanukovych confirms membership of anti-corruption committee, Kyiv Post (30 March 2010)
  9. ↑ Yanukovych vows to put an end to corruption, Kyiv Post (September 15, 2011)
  10. 1 2 Yanukovych approves instruction on National Anti-Corruption Committee, Kyiv Post (September 1, 2011)
  11. ↑ (Ukrainian) Chornovol appointed commissioner of anti-corruption policy, Espreso TV (6 March 2014)
  12. ↑ Yarema, top prosecutor since June, accused of stalling criminal cases, Kyiv Post (Oct. 14, 2014)
    Governmental commissioner for combating corruption Chornovol resigns". Kyiv Post. 18 August 2014.
  13. ↑ (Ukrainian) In Kyiv showed what the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ukrayinska Pravda (8 September 2014)
  14. ↑ Rada passes law on creation of National Anti-Corruption Bureau, Interfax-Ukraine (14 October 2014)
  15. ↑ Juhani Grossmann: What Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bureau can learn from Indonesia, Kyiv Post (October 25, 2014)
  16. ↑ Singapore’s anti-corruption policies can be benchmark for Ukraine: President Poroshenko, Today (Singapore newspaper) (December 10, 2014)
  17. ↑ Recruitment for anti-corruption chief announced, Kyiv Post (January 13, 2015)
  18. ↑ http://uatoday.tv/news/poroshenko-appoints-anti-corruption-bureau-chief-421814.html
  19. ↑

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