The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) approved a new version of the procedure for selecting declarations submitted by persons authorised to perform state or local government functions for full verification and determining the sequence of such verifications based on risk assessment. The changes entered into force on 2 October.

Full verification is one of the NACP’s financial control tools. Unlike automated verification, which is carried out using the software of the Register of Declarations and is informational in nature, full verification is conducted by an authorised NACP official and may result in the declarant being held liable. Alongside declaration verification, the NACP conducts lifestyle monitoring of public officials, allowing it to compare their standard of living with their declared income and assets.

Under the new rules, particular attention in selecting declarations for full verification will be given to:

• senior public officials whose potential corruption offences fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. These include, in particular, members of the Government and Parliament, category “A” civil servants, judges, senior officials of prosecution, tax and customs authorities, senior military officers, as well as heads of major state-owned and municipally owned enterprises;

• public officials working in sectors with heightened corruption risks. For the period from 2 October 2026 to 31 May 2027, the NACP identified four priority sectors for selecting declarations for full verification and conducting selective lifestyle monitoring of declarants: taxation, customs, energy and public procurement.

The NACP will also publish key performance indicators for risk-based declaration verification and lifestyle monitoring twice a year. The first such data have already been published: in the first eight months of 2026, the Agency completed 574 full verifications of declarations selected on the basis of risk assessment. Violations were identified in 571 declarations, including indications of false information, unjustified assets and illicit enrichment. The NACP submitted 293 substantiated findings to the competent authorities, on the basis of which 125 criminal proceedings were initiated; materials from another 43 verifications were added to existing criminal cases. Where appropriate, verification materials are also referred to the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office for consideration of civil confiscation of unjustified assets.

The changes form part of Ukraine’s commitments to the International Monetary Fund. In September, the IMF published a report on enhancing the asset declaration system for public officials. IMF experts noted that the large number of declarants – around 700,000 – and limited resources make comprehensive verification difficult. The IMF therefore recommended further developing a risk-based approach and focusing resources on verifying declarations submitted by senior officials and persons working in sectors particularly vulnerable to corruption. Other recommendations include expanding the NACP’s access to foreign financial information and improving lifestyle monitoring, inter-agency cooperation and performance indicators for financial control.