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The Ukrainian judicial system is under intense scrutiny with recent revelations and investigations highlighting rampant corruption. The 'Book of Executioners of the Ukrainian People' has exposed 49 judges who allegedly sentenced Ukrainians based on fabricated charges. Furthermore, the media reports have uncovered extravagant assets linked to Judge Stasiuk's family, implicating him in suspicious activities. High-profile cases, such as the arrest of ex-judge Leonov for bribery, underscore systemic issues. NABU's operation 'Themis' has led to searches and investigations of Supreme Court judges, further implicating the judiciary in corrupt practices. With continuously emerging stories of illicit enrichment and judicial misconduct, there is a pressing call for transparency and reform in the Ukrainian judicial system.
How prevalent is corruption among Ukrainian judges?
Corruption among Ukrainian judges is notably prevalent, with numerous cases of bribery, illicit enrichment, and abuse of power being reported. Investigations by NABU and other agencies have brought to light significant corruption, underscoring the need for robust reforms and transparency within the judicial system.
What actions are being taken against corrupt judges in Ukraine?
Authorities, including the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), are actively conducting investigations and conducting operations such as 'Themis' to address corruption. These efforts aim to expose and prosecute judges involved in bribery and illicit enrichment, signaling a move towards accountability and judicial reform.
What is the 'Book of Executioners of the Ukrainian People' project?
The 'Book of Executioners of the Ukrainian People' is a project that has revealed judges involved in sentencing Ukrainians on fabricated charges, particularly highlighting those in Russian courts. This initiative seeks to document and publicize judicial abuses and contribute to international awareness and accountability efforts.
Are high-ranking judges also implicated in corruption in Ukraine?
High-ranking judges, including those in the Supreme Court, have been implicated in corruption and illicit activities. Investigations have uncovered instances of substantial asset accumulation, drawing scrutiny and criticism regarding widespread judicial corruption among senior judicial figures.
What role does NABU play in addressing judicial corruption?
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), in collaboration with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, plays a critical role in combating judicial corruption. Their initiatives include conducting thorough investigations, bringing charges against implicated judges, and ensuring that these cases are pursued within the legal framework to uphold judicial integrity.
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NABU tracks down ex-judge Leonov, sentenced to 11 years for demanding $30,000 bribe but fled. PHOTO The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office located and detained Andrii Leonov, a former judge of the Babushkinskyi District Court of Dnipropetrovsk. He had evaded an 11-year prison sentence for bribery for more than three years.... 5 868 20
Estates, family’s business in Russia and "Themis" special operation: what is known about searches at home of Dashutin, head of Supreme Court’s Administrative Cassation Court. PHOTO Ihor Dashutin, head of the Administrative Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court, has become a subject of the ‘Themis’ special operation conducted by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) – searches were carried... 5 393 16 Previously in trend: cases of illicit enrichment
He was listening to Russian music at high volume in courtyard of building, and after being told off, he opened fire: former judge from Kyiv has been notified of charges against him Under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office, a retired judge of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has been notified that he is suspected of hooliganism involving the use of a weapon. 6 417 85 Previously in trend: Shooting in Kyiv
Family of former High Commercial Court judge Karaban has acquired assets worth over $2.5 million in just few years, - media. PHOTO The family of Volodymyr Karaban, a former judge of the High Commercial Court, which includes several generations of judges and judicial staff, has amassed assets worth over $2.5 million in recent years. Among the ‘gains’ of the judicial clan are dozens of flats in luxury residential complexes,... 3 990 36 Previously in trend: cases of illicit enrichment
NABU and National Police expose judge from Kirovohrad region for taking bribe to close case. PHOTO The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), together with law enforcement agencies, have exposed a district court judge in the Kirovohrad region and his accomplice for receiving unlawful benefits. 2 480 9 Previously in trend: Grafters
Judge driving BMW hit child on pedestrian crossing in Kryvyi Rih: boy is in serious condition. PHOTO In Kryvyi Rih, a judge from one of the district courts hit an 11-year-old boy on a pedestrian crossing. 6 646 28 Previously in trend: Car Accident
Judge served with notice of suspicion over fatal road accident in Ivano-Frankivsk region. PHOTOS Under the procedural guidance of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a judge of the Pidhaitsi District Court in Ternopil region was served with a notice of suspicion for violating traffic safety rules, resulting in the death of a pedestrian and injuries to another person. 7 040 55 Previously in trend: Fatal traffic accidents
Judge-and-prosecutor Hrabets family purchased property with market value of $1 million – media. PHOTO The family of a Kyiv judge and prosecutor has acquired property worth more than one million dollars in recent years. During Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ihor Hrabets, deputy head of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office and husband of Svitlana Hrabets, a judge of the Kyiv Regional Commercial... 17 608 41
Helping draft dodgers to escape abroad through fake court decisions: criminal group uncovered in Odesa region. PHOTOS The SSU and the NABU uncovered a large-scale scheme of mobilisation evasion in one of the city district courts of the Odesa region. The chairman of the court, together with his accomplices, helped draft dodgers escape abroad by using fake court decisions on the independent upbringing of a child... 1 791 6
Judge from Kyiv region, who had holiday in Caribbean under guise of a business trip, and lawyer who helped him to forge documents, will be tried - SBI. PHOTO SBI officers, in cooperation with the SSU, completed an investigation into a judge of the Brovary City District Court who traveled abroad on holiday using forged documents. The investigation into the lawyer who helped him to make the forged documents has also been completed. 19 917 31
Supreme Court Judge Zhukov lives in $1m estate near Kyiv with vineyards and lakes: all registered to old friends - media. VIDEO+PHOTOS The family of Supreme Court of Cassation judge Serhii Zhukov lives in a 4-hectare estate near Kyiv, where, in addition to houses, there are also lakes and vineyards. Nothing is registered there for Zhukov himself - it all officially belongs to people close to him. 16 142 110
Number of judges and policemen privatised official apartments in Kyiv new buildings - media. PHOTO In recent years, a number of judges and police officers have received and privatised official apartments in Kyiv new buildings provided by the state for their use. Some of them had previously "hidden" their previously acquired private housing, probably to justify the need for official housing. 15 083 81
Odesa judge Malomuzh did not declare rent of apartment in Dubai worth UAH 700 thousand - media. PHOTO Judge of the Kyiv District Court of Odesa, Alla Malomuzh, did not indicate in her declaration the rental of an apartment in the United Arab Emirates worth almost 700,000 hryvnias. 12 714 43 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Hearing cases during daytime, shooting down drones at night: judges from Kyiv region work in mobile air defence group. PHOTOS A group of judges in Kyiv region joined the mobile air defence group. 6 349 56 Previously in trend: War
Divorce with deprivation of mother’s rights to child: Donetsk court exposes scheme of evasion from mobilisation - Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office, an assistant judge of the Marinskyi District Court of Donetsk region was served a notice of suspicion on organising illegal trafficking of persons across the state border of Ukraine (Part 3 Art. 332 of the... 12 899 8
HCJ Disciplinary Chamber submits motion to dismiss KDAC judge Mazur, who "appeared" on tapes with Vovk - AntAC. PHOTO The First Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice unanimously submitted a motion to dismiss judge of the Kyiv District Administrative Court Alona Mazur. 4 958 2
Company of wife of Odesa judge Chvankin bought apartment in Miami for UAH 12 million. There was no money for this in declarations - mass media. PHOTOS The head of the Kyiv District Court of Odesa, Serhiy Chvankin, declared his wife’s company in the United States, which owns an apartment worth $310,000 (about UAH 12 million). The earnings of the judge and his wife, a lecturer at the Odesa Law Academy and lawyer Nelly Golubeva, would not allow them to purchase such property. 11 555 115
Judge of liquidated KDAC Litvinova has Russian citizenship and receives monthly salary of 135 thousand UAH while awaiting re-certification - media. PHOTO Arina Litvinova, a judge of the now liquidated Kyiv District Administrative Court, who has a current status as a judge, is a citizen of the Russian Federation. 18 466 100
SSU and NABU expose corruption scheme of men’s illegal departure abroad in Odesa district court: Judge helped fugitives for bribes. PHOTOS The SSU jointly with the NABU eliminated a large-scale corruption scheme in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi City District Court of Odesa region. It was established that for USD 3.5 thousand, the court made decisions that allowed men of conscription age to avoid mobilisation and go abroad. Court employees and intermediaries were involved in the fraud. 6 312 22 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters
Judges, MPs, MIA and SBI employees became owners of luxury cars during war - media. PHOTO Skhemy journalists analysed the State Register of Declarations, which was reopened to the public on 10 December, and found a number of civil servants who purchased luxury cars after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among them are MPs, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Bureau of Investigation, judges of district and appellate administrative courts. 56 442 102 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Defending Ukraine, the chairman of the Vaselivskyi district court of Zaporizhzhya region Anatoly Nagorny died. PHOTO On 15 November 2023, Anatoly Oleksandrovych Nagorny, Chairman of the Vaselivskyi District Court of Zaporizhzhia Region, died while defending Ukraine. 15 635 48
"Skhemy" revealed another Ukrainian judge with Russian passport. PHOTO Valentyna Simonenko, a Supreme Court judge who submitted her resignation in March 2023, has a Russian passport. 22 232 80
Media: Judge Arestova has Russian passport and visited occupied Crimea. PHOTO Judge of the Donetsk District Administrative Court Liudmyla Arestova, according to an extract from the automated system ’Rospasport’, is a citizen of the Russian Federation. 24 056 91
Judge Tandyr, who shot down National Guardsman in Kyiv, refused to pass examination, - SBI. PHOTOS The State Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into a road accident in Kyiv, where Judge Tandyr ran over a National Guardsman to death. 18 463 141
"Judge" from occupied Yevpatoria, who contributed to new deportation of Crimeans to Siberia, was exposed - SSU. PHOTOS The security service continues to systematically expose traitors and collaborators who are in the temporarily captured areas of our state. As a result of multi-stage investigative and operational actions for cooperation with the Russian Federation, suspicion was reported to two more high-ranking officials. 5 120 9 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas War
Law enforcers nab Odesa region-based court chairperson for obtaining $6,000 by fraud, - PGO. PHOTOS Members of the prosecutor's office in charge of the Odesa region, together with operatives of the local Security Service Directorate and police investigators exposed fraud committed by a court chairperson. 4 432 16 Previously in trend: Grafters
Poltava judge Holnyk says unknown persons attacked her, police check information. PHOTO Judge of Poltava court Larysa Holnyk says she was attacked by unidentified individuals. Local police check the information. 26 742 166
Two judges nabbed trying to bribe anti-corruption prosecutor Kholodnytskyi with $300,000. PHOTOS The Prosecutor General's Office together with the Security Service of Ukraine have apprehended the chairman of the Kirovskii District Court of Dnipro and a judge of the same court who tried to bribe the head of the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Nazar Kholodnytskyi. 164 467 169 Previously in trend: Grafters
House of former wife of District Administrative Court of Kyiv head Vovk being searched. PHOTO Law enforcers are conducting a search in the house owned by former spouse of District Administrative Court of Kyiv head Pavlo Vovk. 58 784 79
SCJ recommends dismissal of "Maidan Judge" Nelli Lastivka, - lawyer. PHOTO The Supreme Council of Justice (SCJ) has recommended the dismissal of another judge charged with delivering unlawful decisions against Maidan activists in 2014. 27 334 30
Solomianskyi court judge nabbed accepting $22,000 in bribe, - Avakov. PHOTOS A judge of the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv was arrested while taking a $22,000 bribe, Ukraine's interior minister reported. 46 826 78 Previously in trend: Grafters
Superior Economic Court Judge Danylova 'forgot' to declare elite house of her partner, son's companies, and thousands of dollars in cash, - PROSUD. PHOTOS+VIDEO Judge of the Superior Economic Court and candidate to the new Supreme Court Malvina Danylova together with her son has accumulated solid wealth and purchased posh real estate property and luxurious cars without working a single year in business. 70 503 151
Judge nabbed at taking $16,000 bribe is Liubomyr Holovatiuk involved in Mezhyhiria fraud, - media. PHOTOS+VIDEO Media report that the Economic Court judge who was apprehended last night in Kyiv isLiubomyr Holovatiuk. 54 325 90 Previously in trend: Grafters
Kyiv Economic Court judge nabbed accepting $16,000 in bribe, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS Law enforcers have detained a judge of the Kyiv Economic Court as he was trying to receive an undue profit in the amount of $16,000 from a businessman. 41 537 93 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
Yefremov’s lawyers challenge prosecutor as defendant says case trumped up, refuses to call Russia aggressor state. PHOTOS+VIDEO 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. 28 948 73 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov
Judge Melnychuk, supporter of Euromaidan ban, successfully assessed by qualification commission. PHOTO 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. 32 644 141 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
Higher Economic Court top officials indicted for organizing judicial fraud in 2011-2014, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS 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. 23 549 35
Kropyvnytskyi Court of Appeal acquits judge Halahan arrested for drunk driving, - volunteer Sinitsyn. PHOTOS The Kropyvnytskyi City Court of Appeal acquitted Judge Oleksii Halahan apprehended for drunk driving by the patrol police. 111 576 494 Previously in trend: Ukraine’s new police Drunk driving
Family of judges in Zakarpattia lives above means, becomes object of public scrutiny. PHOTOS 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. 90 756 181
Dniprovskyi district court judge Chaus caught accepting $150,000 bribe, - NABU. PHOTOS (updated) 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. 133 062 166 Previously in trend: Grafters
SBU searched premises of Supreme Economic Court Judge Shvets, found Hungarian passport and $300,000. PHOTOS+VIDEO 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. 71 526 134 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
"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. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) 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. 159 605 391 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
Office of Judge Didyk, trying Russian GRU operatives’ case, set afire tonight. PHOTOS 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. 65 915 132 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives
Rada authorizes judge-grafter Buran’s detention. PHOTOS The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has sanctioned detention and pretrial confinement of Oleksii Buran - judge of the Malynovskyi district court of Odesa suspected of bribetaking. 77 848 175 Previously in trend: Corrupt judge Buran
Judge nabbed receiving 500,000 hryvnia bribe opens fire and escapes using immunity, - NABU. PHOTO National Anti-corruption Bureau Director Artem Sytnyk reported President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on a high-profile case of a judge, who was caught receiving a 500,000 hryvnia bribe. 250 511 515
Judge Sokurenko, who lifted arrest of 13 million corrupt francs, owns house in downtown Kyiv and two expensive cars. PHOTOS Kyiv Appeal Court judge Dmytro Sokurenko, known to have previously worked in Donetsk and ruled to lift the arrest of Liechtenstein accounts of infamous judge Artur Yemelianov's wife, is living high. 57 742 136
Judge Volkova, who released main suspect of Maidan slaughter, brought before court. PHOTO Before the hearing, judge of the Pechersk district court in Kyiv Svitlana Volkova said that she has not been occupying her position for nine months. 51 454 145
"LPR"-employed judge Kravchenko claims Ukrainian retirement benefit. PHOTO Judges-collaborators, who violated the oath and chose to serve for the terrorist "LPR," persist in trying to keep their right to retire on general grounds stipulated by the Ukrainian legislation. 61 856 139
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