Pavlo Medentsev, a judge of the Odesa region Commercial Court, has been found guilty of receiving UAH 570,000 in undue advantage and sentenced to 9 years in prison with confiscation of property. The Criminal Court of Cassation of the Supreme Court has finally upheld the ruling, which was passed by the HACC Appeal Chamber on Oct. 7, 2020.
NABU and SAPO served suspicion notices on three more members of the criminal organization in Odesa, exposed on Dec. 5, 2022.
On Dec. 9, 2022, NABU, SAPO, and the SSU exposed a foreign entrepreneur, who offered and gave USD 10,000 in undue advantage to the head of the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control.
NABU and SAPO started 44 investigations, served suspicion notices on 17 persons, and sent six indictments against 12 persons to court. Two convictions against two persons took effect. These are the results of NABU and SAPO in November 2022.
Despite the objective difficulties in conducting investigations under martial law, NABU and SAPO have not stopped their work and are stepping up the pace. This was noted by acting NABU Director Gizo Uglava during this year's International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washington, Dec. 6, 2022.