#energoatom

#energoatom

Ukraine's anti-corruption agency has launched a wide-ranging investigation into alleged bribery within the country's energy sector, focusing on the state-owned nuclear company Energoatom. The independent agency said Monday that a former adviser to the energy minister, Energoatom's head of security, a businessman, and four other employees were involved. It said business partners of Energoatom had been coerced into paying large bribes.

NABU said in a post on social media on November 10 that the investigation has been ongoing for 15 months with some 1,000 hours of audio recordings gathered. "The activities of a high-level criminal organization have been documented," the bureau said. "Its members have built a large-scale corruption scheme to influence strategic enterprises in the public sector, in particular JSC 'Energoatom,' NABU said.