The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) gave a reward to a corruption whistleblower. The whistleblower who received the reward is a current military who served as a Director of the Internal Audit Department of the Ministry of Defense in 2020-2021.
In 2021, he reported to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) that he had been offered an undue benefit of UAH 24 million for acting in the interests of a certain LLC. NABU started the investigation.
The possibility of rewarding corruption whistleblowers was introduced in 2019. So far, the courts have made two positive decisions on payments, but due to the lack of regulated payment procedures, actual enforcement of court decisions has been impossible for a long time.
“This is a fundamental event for the further development of the whistleblowing institution in Ukraine and the formation of a sustainable whistleblowing culture. The next case is next in line,” said the NACP Head Viktor Pavlushchyk.
