(Luxembourg, 03 July 2023) – The European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, and the Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), Semen Kryvonos, signed a working arrangement today on cooperation between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the NABU.
The arrangement, which aims to facilitate the cooperation in investigating corruption cases, is the second signed with Ukrainian authorities, after the signature of a working arrangement with the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, on 18 March 2022.
The instrument signed today strengthens the cooperation with Ukrainian authorities specialised in investigating corruption cases and shows both parties’ commitment to the protection of EU funds allocated to Ukraine, in the context of the war and for reconstruction. The EPPO believes that cooperation with Ukrainian law enforcement and judicial authorities is crucial to fight efficiently against organised crime groups and misuse of these funds.
The EPPO and the NABU, together with representatives of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office from Ukraine, are already at work in pursuit of these objectives. An operational meeting took place after the signature of the working arrangement to discuss concrete cooperation in ongoing investigations and further exchange of information.
The working arrangement can be found here (English version) and here (Ukrainian version).