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The latest news highlights several significant events involving judges in Ukraine. In Dnipro, four suspects were detained without bail for attacking a judge. In Kyiv, questions arise over judges' financial declarations and undeclared assets. High Anti-Corruption Court selected 22 potential judges pending further qualifications. Further incidents included a judge in Bukovyna involved in bribery, and a Kyiv judge exposed for illicit enrichment of UAH 16 million. Such stories underscore ongoing challenges in the Ukrainian judiciary, with continuing reports of corruption, bribes, and unfinished financial declarations by judges.

What are the recent scandals involving judges in Ukraine?

Recent scandals involving Ukrainian judges include a judge in Kyiv suspected of illicit enrichment by UAH 16 million, and a judge in Bukovyna exposed for inciting bribery. Additionally, a judge in Dnipro was attacked, leading to the detention of four suspects. Transparency International also spotlighted 22 potential judges for the High Anti-Corruption Court, while ongoing investigations scrutinize judges' financial disclosures and undeclared assets.

How are judges in Ukraine being held accountable for corruption?

Judges in Ukraine are being held accountable through investigations by organizations like NABU and SAPO, which expose corruption and bribery cases. Preventive measures, such as detention without bail and high bail amounts, are implemented. Additionally, Transparency International and international experts review potential judges for integrity, and disciplinary actions like suspensions are enforced against those with suspicious activities.

What are the consequences for judges involved in bribery in Ukraine?

Consequences for judges involved in bribery in Ukraine include criminal charges, possible detention, suspension from duties, and disciplinary measures. High-profile cases often lead to public exposure and scrutiny. The judiciary and anti-corruption agencies collaborate to hold corrupt judges accountable, aiming to restore public trust in the legal system.

Who investigates corruption in the Ukrainian judiciary?

Corruption in the Ukrainian judiciary is investigated by several bodies, including the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). These agencies work to uncover illicit activities, press charges, and enforce measures against corrupt judicial officials, maintaining transparency and integrity within the system.

What role does Transparency International play in Ukraine's judiciary?

Transparency International Ukraine plays a crucial role in promoting integrity and accountability within the Ukrainian judiciary. It monitors judicial selections for fairness and transparency, helps expose corruption and misconduct, and advocates for systemic reforms. Their efforts aim to ensure that judges uphold high ethical standards, reducing corruption influence and increasing public trust in the justice system.

How does the High Anti-Corruption Court in Ukraine operate?

The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) in Ukraine operates by adjudicating high-profile corruption cases, often involving public officials and significant financial misconduct. It is supported by international experts and Ukrainian civil society to ensure transparency and objectivity in proceedings. HACC plays a pivotal role in Ukraine's judicial reform efforts, striving to combat corruption effectively and enhance public confidence in the rule of law.

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взятка Judge Ihor Petryk nabbed yesterday while accepting bribe was running for Ukraine’s Supreme Court head, - journalist Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal Judge Ihor Petryk, who was caught red-handed while accepting $5,000 in bribe Dec. 1, was a nominee for the post of the head of the newly created Supreme Court of Ukraine. 58 589 115 Previously in trend: Grafters

суд ефремов Yefremov’s lawyers challenge prosecutor as defendant says case trumped up, refuses to call Russia aggressor state The defense of former Party of Regions MP Oleksandr Yefremov requested the prosecutor to be recused at today’s session of the Pechersk district court of Kyiv. The defendant reiterated that the case against him was trumped up. 28 838 73 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov

данилова мальвіна $500,000 stolen from economic court judge not included in e-declaration Judge of the Supreme Economic Court Malvina Danylova did not include in her income statement the $500,000 recently taken from her house by robbers. 127 614 260 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials

дом даниловой мальвины Robbers take $500,000 from house of economic court Judge Danylova About $500,000 in cash, a non-lethal piston and a rifle have been stolen from the house of judge of Superior Economic Court of Ukraine Malvina Danylova. During the robbery, three criminals tied the judge and her partner up. 107 175 326 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials

“LPR” militants capture Ukrainian judge heading to his father's funeral The militants abducted Judge of the Appeal Court of the Luhansk region Vitalii Rudenko three weeks ago when he was heading to his father's funeral in Krasnodon in the territory uncontrolled by the Ukrainian government. 43 958 161 Incidents

люстрация евромайдан мельничук вксс Judge Melnychuk, supporter of Euromaidan ban, successfully assessed by qualification commission The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (VKKS) has found no reasons to deny Volodymyr Melnychuk's lifetime appointment to the post of judge. Melnychuk is known for supporting the court decision prohibiting public rallies in downtown Kyiv in late 2013-early 2014. 32 533 141 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

емельянов PGO's motion to put electronic tag on Judge Yemelianov rejected by court The Pechersk district court of Kyiv has refused to uphold a pre-trial restraint in the form of wearing an electronic bracelet against Supreme Economic Court Judge Artur Yemelianov. 18 811 102 Ukrainian Politics

татьков емельянов Higher Economic Court top officials indicted for organizing judicial fraud in 2011-2014, - Lutsenko The criminal proceedings involve some 7,000 instances of illegal human interference with the automated case picking system and intrusion into the work of judges with a view to making them rule in favor of criminals. 23 497 35 Ukrainian Politics

Ex-Judge Tsarevych appealed her dismissal and filed claim against president, - Ukrainski Novyny Dismissed Judge Tsarevych intends to get back to her post. 13 193 73 Ukrainian Politics

Ukrainian judges 'not able to live by transparent European standards,' - MP Yemets Judges of Ukraine's Supreme Court are trying to sabotage the judicial reform for they 'don't want to live transparently' and are not capable of self-cleansing. 14 752 43 Previously in trend: Amendments to Constitution

парламент “We had emotionally charged meeting, dismissed 29 judges,” - Parubii closes Rada session The speaker reminded that the next meeting of Ukrainian parliament members will be held next Tuesday. 22 995 42 Incidents

Rada to dismiss judges-oathbreakers on Sept. 29 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is going to hold an extraordinary meeting to dismiss judges who violated the oath Sept. 29. 6 638 28 Incidents

бюджет порошенко врачи учителя Poroshenko initiates Rada’s extraordinary session to dismiss judges-oathbreakers before Sept. 30 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko called on the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada to hold an extraordinary session to dismiss judges who violated oath. 16 265 36 Ukrainian Politics

ткаченко судьи галаган Kropyvnytskyi Court of Appeal acquits judge Halahan arrested for drunk driving, - volunteer Sinitsyn The Kropyvnytskyi City Court of Appeal acquitted Judge Oleksii Halahan apprehended for drunk driving by the patrol police. 111 397 494 Previously in trend: Ukraine's new police Drunk driving

10 days left for PGO to arrest Constitutional Court judges who conferred dictatorial powers on Yanukovych, – MP Soboliev The Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has 10 days to arrest the judges of the Constitutional Court who granted dictatorial powers to ex-President Viktor Yanukovych. 28 139 60 Incidents

царевич High Council of Justice sanctions Judge Tsarevych’s dismissal for unlawful decisions against Automaidan activists The High Council of Justice of Ukraine has endorsed the dismissal of Judge of the Pechersk district court of Kyiv Oksana Tsarevych for taking unlawful decisions against the Automaidan activists during the Revolution of Dignity. 17 682 59 Incidents

суд Verkhovna Rada dismisses more than 500 judges The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has dismissed more than 500 judges on its Thursday session. 56 313 116 Ukrainian Politics

чаус Judge Chaus suspected of corruption is now in occupied Crimea, SAP’s Kholodnytskyi says Judge of the Dniprovskyi district court of Kyiv Mykola Chaus suspected of corruption is currently in occupied Crimea. 22 515 88 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters

Court attaches Judge Chaus’ property, refuses to impound his land plot and his mother’s car The Solomianskyi district court attached apartment and car of the ill-famed Dniprovskyi district court judge. 10 722 13 Previously in trend: Grafters

коррупция недвижимость судья Family of judges in Zakarpattia lives above means, becomes object of public scrutiny Judge families are a widespread occurrence among Ukrainian servants of Themis. Public activists believe lifestyles of such families should be scrutinized and analyzed in detail. 90 630 181 Photo News

корбан чаус "This bastard still managed to escape," - MP Bereza about corrupt Judge Chaus The whereabouts of Judge Mykola Chaus who has been recently caught red-handed accepting a $150,000 bribe is unknown. 91 359 323 Previously in trend: Grafters

чаус Dniprovskyi district court judge Chaus caught accepting $150,000 bribe, - NABU Aug. 9, 2016, detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) under the supervision of procedural prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) apprehended a judge of the Dniprovskyi district court of Kyiv who was extorting and obtained an unlawful benefit in the amount of $150,000. 132 871 166 Previously in trend: Grafters

швец shvets SBU searched premises of Supreme Economic Court Judge Shvets, found Hungarian passport and $300,000 The officers of the Security Service of Ukraine recorded Judge of the Supreme Economic Court Viktor Shvets accepting a bribe. Large amounts of money and a Hungarian passport were found as the law enforcers raided his office and home. 71 387 134 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

гпу Lutsenko personally served indictment against Supreme Economic Court judge Shvets Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko personally handed an indictment against judge of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine Viktor Shvets, charging him with criminal offenses. 57 087 112 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Liechtenstein unfroze 13 million francs on accounts of Yanukovych-era judge, - Deutche Welle 13 million Swiss francs on the Liechtenstein accounts of allegedly corrupt Ukrainian judge Artur Yemelianov and his wife have been unfrozen. According to Liechtenstein's law enforcement, this happened because Ukraine failed to prove the illegality of the money origin. In turn, the Prosecutor General's Office notes that the funds can not be frozen by Ukrainian court as Liechtenstein does not provide necessary information requested by Ukrainian law enforcers. 14 756 58 Ukrainian Politics

иванющенко Yura Yenakiyevskiy settles all issues via Pechersk court judge Lytvynova, - MP Leshchenko All cases related to Yanukovych's ally Yurii Ivaniushchenko are considered in some odd way by the same judge of the Pechersk district court of Kyiv. 31 752 62 Ukrainian Politics

просуд Automaidan activists launch PROSUD project to monitor judges All-Ukrainian Automaidan NGO has presented its new project PROSUD aimed at monitoring judges. 28 620 66 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

снайпер мамалуй "I'll personally come after you and hang you upside down on Prymorskyi Boulevard," - Kharkiv judge and ATO veteran Mamalui replied to letter of Sevastopol judge-traitor The Commercial Court of the Kharkiv region received request for service of documents from the Kremlin-controlled ‘Arbitration Court of the City of Sevastopol’. The accomplices of the occupying authorities of Sevastopol requested to serve a Ukrainian company the ‘notice of claim’ lodged against it. Judge of the mentioned Kharkiv court, a former anti-terrorist operation (ATO) participant, sniper Oleksandr Mamalui replied to this letter. 159 472 391 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

суд фемида New law on judiciary and status of judges signed by President Poroshenko President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the Law of Ukraine “On judiciary and status of judges.” The bill’s task is to implement new constitutional principles of delivery of justice with the purpose of securing independence and de-politicization of judicial power, strengthening its responsibility to the public, increasing of the public’s role in control over decency and ethical conduct of judges, and optimization of the judiciary system. 17 158 71 Previously in trend: Amendments to Constitution

Supreme Court upheld dismissal of judges who tried Euromaidan activists, - lawyer Maselko The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of judges who had convicted the Euromaidan activists. 5 197 9 Incidents

NABU investigating case of six corrupted judges, - Sytnyk The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine notified about six judges suspected of receiving undue benefits. 5 886 30 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Judge Volkova, who released former Berkut commander Sadovnyk from custody, suspended from office for two months The High Judicial Qualifications Commission of Ukraine suspended Judge of the Pechersk district court in Kyiv Svitlana Volkova from her post for two months. 5 977 30 Incidents

"It is vengeance taken on MPs, president, and society for judicial reform," lawmaker Ariev commented on reasons for lustration law abolition The possible abolition of the law on lustration may be caused by the judges’ desire to take vengeance for amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in terms on justice recently adopted by the Verkhovna Rada. 32 700 58 Ukrainian Politics

Ruling on unlimited pensions of judges will cost Ukrainians millions of hryvnia, - MP Yemets The decision of the Constitutional Court to return unlimited lifetime extras to judges' pensions will cost the State Budget of Ukraine tens of millions of hryvnia a year. 18 859 128 Ukrainian Politics

кс Constitutional Court cancels limit on lifetime payouts to judges On Friday, June 10, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine issued its judgement on constitutional submissions by the Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of certain provisions of the law on judicial system and status of judges of July 7, 2010 No. 2453-VI as well as the provisions of paragraph 5, section 3 of the final provisions of the law of Ukraine on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine on retirement of March 2, 2015 No. 213-VIII. 63 244 203 Ukrainian Politics

аваков At least 5,000 out of 7,000 judges to be dismissed, - Avakov on judicial reform At least 5,000 out of 7,000 judges will be dismissed under the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of justice approved by the Verkhovna Rada June 2. 20 170 105 Previously in trend: Amendments to Constitution

парламент Rada adopts presidential bill on judicial system and status of judges The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted as a basis and as a whole the presidential bill No. 4734 on judicial system and status of judges. 51 321 180 Ukrainian Politics

петренко 1,800 judges to be dismissed after Constitution amended, - Justice Minister The positions opened will be filled through contests. 36 660 129 Previously in trend: Amendments to Constitution

набу nabu NABU ready to refer nine criminal cases filed against judges to court, MP Chumak says The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has completed a pretrial investigation of nine criminal proceedings initiated against judges. 19 624 88 Incidents

"Judges complain about hard work, but nobody leaves post as they can ensure salary for 10 years ahead with one decision," - Poroshenko At the meeting with leaders of Ukrainian business and international companies working in Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko noted the importance of continuation of judicial reform and making respective amendments to the Constitution. 20 755 84 Ukrainian Politics

судья полиция кравец Ex-judge Kravets fined UAH 510 for parking on crosswalk Former judge of the Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv Dmytro Kravets has been fined after parking on a crosswalk outside the Supreme Court of Ukraine. 28 871 25 Previously in trend: Police workdays

I don't exclude Russia's trace. Someone wants to maximally delay hearing of GRU officers' case - Hrytsak on arson attack on judge Didyk's office Another version of the arson attack on the office of Holosiivskyi district court of Kyiv judge Mykola Didyk, according to SBU chief Vasyl Hrytsak, suggests someone trying to conceal the destruction of documents related to some other case by a sabotage attack connected with the trial of Russian GRU operatives. 5 120 21 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

ващук роман If Ukraine was making blockbuster about superheroes, they would be judges and prosecutors: be kind of buried and resurrect, - Canadian Ambassador on fight with corruption Canadian Ambassador in Ukraine Roman Waschuk announced decrease of corruption level in the NJSC Naftohaz Ukrainy. However, general positive changes in the corruption sphere are practically invisible. 18 808 54 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

пожар дидык arson didyk Office of Judge Didyk, trying Russian GRU operatives’ case, set afire tonight A fire broke out in the office of Judge Mykola Didyk, presiding at the trial of the case of the Russian GRU commandos Aleksandrov and Yerofeyev. According to the Main Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios, it was an arson. Unknown individuals tossed Molotov cocktails from the street into the judge's office. 65 822 132 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

буран buran Court imposes pretrial confinement on judge-shooter Buran Solomianskyi district court in Kyiv has imposed pretrial confinement against judge of Malynovskyi district court of Odesa Oleksii Buran until May 28. 34 514 84 Previously in trend: Corrupt judge Buran

Judge-grafter Buran assures he opened fire in heat of passion: “I cannot even use gun properly” Judge of the Malynovskyi district court in Odesa Oleksii Buran, accused of bribe extortion and armed attack on law enforcers, said that he was in the heat of passion, when he opened fire at the NABU detectives during his arrest. 9 485 52 Previously in trend: Corrupt judge Buran

буран Court to decide on preventive measure against judge-grafter Buran today, - Ukrainski Novyny Today, April 1, court will choose a preventive measure against judge of the Malynovskyi district court of Odesa Oleksii Buran. 6 954 44 Previously in trend: Corrupt judge Buran

судья буран judge buran Ill-famed judge-grafter Buran disappeared from hospital, - media Judge of the Malynovskyi district court of Odesa Oleksii Buran, who employed firearms against NABU detectives during his detention and later fled taking advantage of his immunity, has disappeared from the hospital, where he was taken to treat his injuries. 109 291 404 Previously in trend: Corrupt judge Buran

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