The head of the Supreme Court, Stanislav Kravchenko, states that there are two options: a general confiscation procedure and a special confiscation.
The Ukrainian legal system has mechanisms for confiscation of illegally obtained funds. We are talking, among other things, about the money seized in the searches from the regional MSEC leaders. This was stated by the Chairman of the Supreme Court Stanislav Kravchenko in a comment to Ukrinform.
However, he recalled that in Ukraine, as a rule of law, there is a presumption of innocence.
“There must be a clear procedure… This can be considered an improper benefit if proven. If only part of these funds are found to be illegally obtained, it should be within the scope of a general forfeiture,” the judge said. .
He added that in order to apply the special confiscation mechanism, it must be recognized that the funds were obtained through criminal means.
“That is, theoretically, the funds can be confiscated from the leaders of MSEC both through the general confiscation procedure and through special confiscation,” added the head of the Armed Forces.
Kravchenko emphasized that the anti-corruption law has changed significantly in recent years and, in addition to the article Undue benefit (Article 368 of the Criminal Code), also includes the concept of illicit enrichment.
Usually, the funds from the confiscation go into a special account provided by the State Treasury.
We remind you that a series of MSEC corruption schemes have been exposed in Ukraine. The most annoying was the exposure of the head of the Khmelnitsky regional MSEC, Tatyana Krupa, where $6 million in cash was taken, and many properties were also found. Also, during the MSEC inspection, it was found that about 50 prosecutors of the Khmelnitsky region registered disability under this procedure. Subsequently, President Zelensky held a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on the situation at MSEC.
Source: korrespondent
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