Ukraine’s newly-created anti-corruption watchdog, the
National Anti-Corruption Bureau, has launched an investigation based on the
statement of the former first deputy chairman of the Security Service of
Ukraine, Viktor Trepak, according to the NABU’s website.
A corresponding entry to the database of pretrial
investigations was made on Monday, May 30 by the Bureau’s detectives. According
to the preliminary information, there are signs of a crime having been
committed under part 4 Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (offering,
promising or giving an undue advantage to an official).
"A public statement made by the former first
deputy chairman of the SBU, V.Trepak, has deprived the Bureau of certain
operational capabilities. It is also puzzling that the corresponding statement
and [information about] the documents V.Trepak had at his disposal he chose to
provide to the media before applying to the NABU. We understand the high public
and media interest in the investigations of the NABU detectives. However, the
Bureau continues to emphasize the fact that too much publicity can hinder
exposure of corruption offenses and bringing those responsible to
justice," reads the statement.
Therefore the NABU urges those who really want to
contribute to the disclosure of corruption schemes to first contact the NABU
rather than address the media or the public.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Viktor Trepak in an
interview with Dzerkalo Tyzhnya weekly said that he had handed to NABU the
documents which confirm payments by the Party of Regions of illegal cash to a
number of the former and current high-ranking officials.
The former first deputy head of the SBU told about the
illegal payments by the Party of Regions totaling almost $2 billion.
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