KYIV – Ukrainian anti-graft authorities said on Monday (May 15) that they were investigating large-scale corruption in the country’s Supreme Court system and shared a photograph of piles of banknotes neatly lined up on a sofa. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (Nabu) did not name anyone accused of corruption, but two local media organisations reported that Supreme Court Chief...
Ukraine is investigating a large-scale corruption that involves Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Kniaziev .KYIV – Ukrainian anti-graft authorities said on Monday that they were investigating large-scale corruption in the country’s Supreme Court system and shared a photograph of piles of banknotes neatly lined up on a sofa.
“Nabu and SAP have exposed large-scale corruption in the Supreme Court, namely a scheme for the leadership and judges of the Supreme Court to receive bribes,” the bureau said in the post. “Emergency investigative actions are under way.” Local news website Dzerkalo Tyzhnia and online outlet Ukrayinska Pravda both quoted unnamed officials saying Mr Kniaziev had been detained, without providing further details.ALSO READ:
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