Overview
- NABU director Semen Kryvonos and SAP head Oleksandr Klimenko urged creation of independent wiretapping, a specialist expert body, changes to the Criminal Procedure Code, and repeal of the Lozovyi amendments to give anti‑corruption units clear authority to investigate high‑level officials.
- They reported recent monitoring of NABU staff, including discovery of technical surveillance devices in a detective’s apartment, and said a criminal inquiry has been opened into the incident.
- NABU described the transnational 'Midas' investigation as showing serious substantive progress and said investigators have traced more than $100 million through a Kyiv 'back‑office' used to launder proceeds from alleged kickbacks in Energoatom contracts.
- Extradition and international cooperation remain key constraints, with Ukraine pursuing Interpol notices and extradition paperwork and SAP saying it has not yet received a response from Israeli authorities on suspects who left Ukraine.
- Officials said stronger autonomy for the prosecutor’s office, faster cross‑border evidence sharing, and creation of international investigative groups are needed to finish pre‑trial steps on schedule and to align Ukraine’s enforcement with EU integration commitments.