OREANDA-NEWS. In July 2016, on 11 occasions, in accordance with the established procedure the National Bank of Ukraine provided temporary access to the documents and items required to investigate criminal offences committed in the banking sector upon the request of:

• the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine  – on 4 occasions;

• the General Prosecutor's office - on 2 occasions;

• the National Police of Ukraine – on 3 occasions;

• the Security Service of Ukraine  – on 1 occasion;

• the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine – on 1 occasion.

Overall, in the first half of 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine provided the law enforcement agencies with provisional access to the documents in respect of 69 court rulings.  According to information provided by the NBU, the pre-trial investigation into these cases is currently underway.

In the first seven months of 2016, the NBU sent 24 letters to the law enforcement agencies informing them about the suspicious financial transactions that customers of 41 bank have performed or intended to perform. In particular, in July alone, information about customers of 11 banks was passed on to the law enforcement agencies.