NBU provided law enforcers with access to information on 152 occasions in 2017

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) 152 times opened access for the law enforcement agencies to information in the scope of financial criminal investigations in the banking sector in 2017, the press service of the central bank reports.

In particular, in December 2017, the NBU provided access on 22 occasions to the documents and items of evidence required to investigate criminal offences committed in the banking sector. Such access was provided upon the request of: the General Prosecutor's Office - on seven occasions; the National Police of Ukraine - on six occasions; the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine - on six occasions; the State Security Service – on two occasions; the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine - on one occasion.

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