UKRAINE REWARDS WHISTLEBLOWERS IN LATEST ANTI-GRAFT DRIVE
November 6th, 2024
Ukraine has rewarded its first two whistleblowers taking part in a long-standing tip-off system designed to crack down on corruption. The historic court-ordered awards last month (October 2024) come five years after Ukraine introduced provisions allowing rewards for whistleblowers whose information proves critical in securing a conviction for corruption.
The 2019 whistleblower rule (Art. 53-7 of the Ukrainian Law ‘On Prevention of Corruption’), allows payouts of up to 10% of the damages caused to the state but capped at 3,000 times the monthly minimum wage ...
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