Application requirements of international institutions to organizations of financial monitoring/AML in Ukraine in the struggle against corruption
. In this paper the influence of corruption on Ukrainian economy is investigated. Negative effects of corruption are identified. The common trends and consequences of increasing corruption in Ukraine are analyzed .: money laundering, corruption, bribery, PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) .. all times and in all countries philosophers, famous artists paid much attention to corruption. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote: «Corruption is the root from which follows at all times and under all temptations contempt for all laws» .quotation of Alexander Herzen:" If all the laws would be strictly complied and nobody took bribes, the life would be impossible unfortunately, can t be applied exclusively to Russia. Experts who study the question of corruption in different countries, conclude that corruption sometimes attempt to do something to bypass the law, bribe for accelerating the process of getting services from official is the national feature , including countries in Africa, Latin America and even in Italy. Thus, it doesn t matter what were the force there would be always those who bypass the law, as relations to possible violations of the law are the matter of ethical principles.deal with struggle against corruption and bribery were paid much attention in recent years worldwide. These crimes are predictable along with such as: terrorism and its financing, human trafficking, illegal turnover of drugs and others.has issued several conceptual documents on fighting corruption in the summer of 2011: «Corruption», «Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption». Substantial attention in the last document is given to examples of corruption by Lazarenko (extortion, money laundering, using the accounts in offshore jurisdictions for this purpose, involvement in the kidnapping and murder - this is a list of facts of his crimes) .the above mentioned documents of FATF main directions of receiving corruption revenues:
" In the grand corruption context, the most prevalent forms of proceeds are those arising from
) bribe-taking or kickbacks;
) extortion;
) self-dealing and conflict of interest;
) embezzlement from the country's treasury by a variety of fraudulent means .., Ukraine also has a widespread corruption, although it does not stand aloof from struggling against it. Thus, in 2010-2011 the Law of Ukraine N 3206-VI On Grounds of Corruption Prevention and Counteraction was adopted (Date of entry into force: July 1, 2011) [3] and some amendments were done according to other laws and codes. The National anti-corruption strategy for 2011 - 2015 years [2] was elaborated, and in 2010 The National Anti-Corruption Committee was created.in spite of such significant positive changes in Ukraine there are still many claims made by Greco (Group of States against Corruption, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs , Directorate of Monitoring Council of Europe), as defined in the document «Addendum to the Compliance Report on Ukraine», which was issued in Strasbourg, 23-27 May 2011.expressed concerns about the existence of two parallel systems of corruption offences, ie the criminal and the administrative system, which affords opportunities for manipulation, for example, to escape from the justice process.document draws attention to the numerous shortcomings of the judicial system in Ukraine.in «Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption» the risks and shortcomings promote the growing role of PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) in corruption and money laundering.makes extensive using of banks for cash flow. Example: Pavel Lazarenko and his colleagues for this purpose controlled 2 banks: European Federal Credit Bank ( Eurofed" ) and Postabank, registered in foreign jurisdictions.example: The US Senate revealed US banks (with branches in the UK) that did not take adequate measures of KYC in the case of the accounts of two Sani Abacha s sons - Nigerian military and statesman.officials have a number of significant advantages over other criminals:
they can control the state machinery, including those who are obliged to reveal such crimes to affect the appointment of necessary people;
through the funding of political parties they can strengthen control of the government;
they involve the most qualified professionals in the country to take part in operations;
they guarantee the diplomatic cover;
they have a respectable appearance and the corresponding image, deflecting suspicion., corruption is usually associated with the outflow of capital. Current estimate...
