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Over UAH 300 billion in the shadows: BEB on the main sources of budget losses

The Director of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tsyvinsky, outlined the key "shadow schemes" through which the state loses hundreds of billions of hryvnias every year. According to him, these are the...

Ukraine cancels tax breaks due to IMF demands, but shadow economy continues to "eat up" billions

Ukraine is abolishing tax breaks to meet the International Monetary Fund's requirements for a new $8 billion program. In particular, it is about introducing VAT for the self-employed...

A million a month: how Kyiv's most profitable corruption system works

Today, the Svyatoshynskyi district is a territory where state institutions exist only formally. The real rules here are set by one person - the deputy chief of the Svyatoshynskyi police department...

Fuel groups in the Kharkiv region make money on low-quality diesel and utility tenders

Former Deputy Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleksandr Skakun, together with his brother Yuriy, are linked to a network of companies through which fuel schemes have been operating in the Kharkiv region for years....

Salaries in envelopes and smuggling: the main schemes through which the budget loses hundreds of billions

Losses to the state budget of Ukraine from the shadow economy in 2024 reached a record 375–603 billion hryvnias. This is stated in the annual study "Comparative Analysis of Fiscal...

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Former deputy head of the OP will be tried for assets worth 17 million hryvnias

On February 24, the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office referred to court...

Leading exchangers and criminal proceedings: the story of Premium Finance

In January 2026, the National Bank of Ukraine first published...

Judge from Boguslav resigns: what is known about his length of service and assets

On February 10, the High Council of Justice unanimously supported...

A company with zero turnover received over 1.5 billion for power system equipment

Amid constant attacks on the Ukrainian power system, the purchase of equipment...