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How many MPs have been suspected

In the period from 2022 to 2024, law enforcement officers served suspicion notices on 41 current and former members of parliament.

This was reported by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.

“Previously, the fight against corruption among MPs was almost impossible. Before the NABU and the SAPO were established in 2015, bringing an MP to justice for taking a bribe or illegally acquired wealth was a rare exception. Today, the situation has changed,” the NABU said.

According to the bureau, 68 current and former MPs were notified of suspicion from 2016 to 2024, 41 of them in the period from 2022 to 2024.

The NABU named typical crimes involving MPs: misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property through abuse of office, bribery, abuse of power, declaring false information, and illicit enrichment.