NABU and Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Mount Major Energy-Sector Operation as Reports Flag Searches at Energoatom
NABU cites 15 months of audio evidence documenting a high-level scheme at strategic state firms.
Overview
- Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced a large ongoing operation targeting corruption in the energy sector.
- Investigators say the probe spans roughly 15 months and includes about 1,000 hours of recordings that document the activities of a high-level criminal organization.
- Authorities assert the scheme exerted influence over strategic state enterprises, naming NAEK Energoatom among the targets.
- An opposition lawmaker and Ukrainian media report that searches are taking place at Energoatom and at locations linked to former energy minister Herman Halushchenko, who now serves as justice minister, though NABU has not specified sites.
- NABU said detailed findings will be released later, and neither Energoatom nor Halushchenko has commented so far.