Aug. 18, 2024, 12:13 p.m.
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The institution of anti-corruption commissioners has been operating in Ukraine for several years. However, not everyone knows that such officials exist and how to contact them in case of corruption. Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions also have such specialists.
This was reported by the publication Window of Recovery.
The website of the Odesa Regional State Administration has information about the Department for Prevention and Detection of Corruption. The head of the department is Oleksandr Minakov, a retired official. Previously, he worked as a chief specialist of the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children of the Service for Children.
On the Department's website, you can contribute to the development ofthe "Anti-Corruption Program of the Odesa Regional State (Military) Administration for 2024-2026" by sending proposals to the email address.
The official website of Odesa city council has information about the Department for Prevention of Corruption, which is subordinated to the mayor, Hennadii Trukhanov, who is a defendant in numerous criminal cases of corruption. The head of the department is Oleh Sychuk. He receives citizens twice a month.
According to the 2023 report, 22 employees of the city council underwent anti-corruption training, 20 employees were prosecuted for corruption offenses, and 14 cases of conflict of interest were identified. There were also 6 violations in declaration.
Mykolaiv City Council has a department responsible for anti-corruption measures. This is where citizens are encouraged to report corruption. You can report corruption by filling out a Google form. The Mykolaiv Regional Council also has a section on corruption prevention.
In addition, there is a report on corruption prevention for 2023. Measures taken include training of employees, updating information on the website, resolving conflicts of interest, participating in trainings, taking measures to develop a program, etc.
The Mykolaiv Regional State Administration has a section"Reporting Corruption", which states that Inna Savchenko is the acting chief corruption specialist.
The Kherson City Military Administration/City Council website has a section dedicated to anti-corruption.The Kherson regional council also has a section oncorruption prevention. There is a Chief Specialist on Corruption Prevention and Detection, but it does not specify who he/she is. The website of the regional state administration has a section on combating corruption and crime. Vadym Yatsyk is the head of the sector for prevention and detection of corruption at Kherson regional state administration.
There is a report for the first half of 2024, and work plans have been published, but it takes some effort to figure out what has been done. The report contains purely formal information on the implementation of the program from 2023 to 2025.
Recently, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office summarized the results of the first six months of 2024.
The NABU has launched 323 new investigations, with 166 suspects, 64 cases sent to court, 27 guilty verdicts and 36 corrupt officials punished. In the first six months of this year, seven senior government officials were put on trial.
In July, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed draft law No. 11340 on corruption fines in the first reading. It was supported by 231 MPs in the first reading. Due to public outrage, the bill was promised to be revised for the second reading.
Thus, six MPs from Mykolaiv region, representatives of the presidential party "Servant of the People," voted in favor of the law in the first reading. Representatives of Kherson region in the Verkhovna Rada also supported the law on corruption fines. In particular, three out of four. In Odesa region, all "servants" voted in favor of the bill.