In February 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine enabled law enforcement agencies access to documents and items on 17 occasions as part of investigation of criminal offences committed in the banking sector. Such access was provided upon the request of:

• the National Police of Ukraine – on 6 occasions;
• the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine – on 5 occasions;
• the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine – on 4 occasions;
• the Security Service of Ukraine – on 2 occasions.

Overall, in 2016, the NBU enabled law enforcement agencies access to data concerning offences that had been committed in the banking sector on 155 occasions. Last year, the NBU cooperated most closely with the Prosecutor General's Office and the National Police of Ukraine.

We should remind that in March 2015, the Ukrainian parliament passed a Law On Amendments to Certain Legal Acts of Ukraine on Responsibility of Bank's Related Parties, which introduced criminal responsibility of a bank’s managers and shareholders for their actions resulting in insolvency of a bank, and thereby causing material damage to the state or creditors.