In December 2016, on 15 occasions, the National Bank of Ukraine provided access to the documents and items of evidence required to investigate criminal offences committed in the banking sector. Such access was provided upon the request of:
- the General Prosecutor's office - on six occasions;
- the National Police of Ukraine – on six occasions;
- the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine – on two occasions; and
- the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine – on one occasion.
Overall, in 2016, the NBU provided the law enforcement agencies with information regarding offences committed in the banking sector on 155 occasions. Last year the NBU most closely cooperated with the General Prosecutor's office and the National Police of Ukraine.
As a side note, in March 2015, the Ukrainian parliament passed a law On Amendments to Certain Legal Acts of Ukraine on the Responsibility of Bank's Related Parties which imposed criminal responsibility on the bank managers and owners for actions that led to the bank's insolvency, thereby causing material damage to the State or a creditor.