In May 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine enabled law enforcement agencies access to documents and items on 13 occasions as part of investigation of criminal offences committed in the banking sector. Such access was provided upon the request of:
- the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine – on 6 occasions
- the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine – on 5 occasions
- the National Police of Ukraine – on 2 occasions;
In the first five months of 2017, the NBU enabled law enforcement agencies access to documents and items as part of criminal investigations. Overall, during 2016-2017, the NBU enabled law enforcement agencies access to information on 231 occasions.
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.