Since the beginning of the large-scale war, 6,800 corruption convictions have been handed down

Since the start of the full-scale war, 6,877 corruption convictions have been issued. This number is significantly lower than before the war. For comparison, around 2,500 convictions were issued each year before the conflict, and in 2021 alone, the Corruption Registry recorded 6,870 new entries. So far this year, 1,758 convictions have been recorded.

The trend partly reflects that, at the beginning of the invasion, submitting declarations became voluntary for officials, resulting in a lack of oversight by the NACP.

We continue monitoring updates in the Unified Corruption Registry.

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Top offenses resulting in corruption convictions this year:

1. Offering, promising, or providing improper benefits to an official — 663 convictions, or 37.7% of the total. This is one-third less than last year.
2. Late submission of declarations — 623 convictions, or 35.4%. Compared to the previous year, these offenses have increased by 34 times. According to the NACP, data on late declarations started coming in only in April 2024, after the end of three simultaneous declaration campaigns. This represents tens of thousands of submissions, with many still under review, so this number will likely grow and could match pre-war levels in the coming years.
3. Violation of requirements for preventing and resolving conflicts of interest — 281 convictions, or 16%, which is half of last year’s total.

In 98% of cases this year, the penalty was a fine — totaling 1,714 convictions. Only 1.5% of those convicted received imprisonment, amounting to 27 sentences.

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Punishments for Corruption Convictions

Fine	1,714	97.5%
Imprisonment	23	1.3%
Restriction of liberty	7	0.4%
Community service	7	0.4%
Probation	4	0.2%
Exemption from punishment	2	0.1%
Arrest	1	0.1%

This year, most offenders received convictions in Lviv region — 172 cases or 9.8% of the total. Slightly fewer offenders were convicted in Vinnytsia region — 151 cases or 8.6%. The top three is closed by Odesa region with 115 cases or 6.5%.

It is worth noting that the number of records by region likely reflects the stable functioning of courts rather than the actual number and location of offenders.

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«Some functions of the NACP were suspended for two years due to the full-scale war, so now we must quickly process the backlog that was previously handled gradually. We’ve changed our approach to selecting and reviewing declarations, introducing auto-checks and selecting only high-risk declarations for full reviews. Law enforcement has already opened 126 criminal cases based on NACP’s full reviews in just the first nine months of this year. Once court decisions are made, we will be able to add individuals who receive convictions to the Registry», 

— the NACP noted.

Context

Recall that from the beginning of the full-scale war until fall 2023, officials’ declarations were not reviewed. Officials were required to submit data for 2021 and 2022 by early 2023, and for the past year by April 2024.