Over 90% of Ukrainian businesses face corruption in 2017 – study

Photo from UNIAN Over 90% of respondents representing businesses in the Corruption Perception Survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce faced corruption in Ukraine in 2017, which corresponds to the indicator of 2014. Read alsoUkraine&#39;s anti-graft agencies launch crackdown in Kyiv, two regions – media"Officials who &#39;got scared&#39; in 2014 slowly begin to resume usual practice," Director of the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk said during the presentation of the survey in Kyiv on January 29. In particular, some 91% of the businesses surveyed faced corruption in 2017, whereas this figure was 81% in 2016. Noteworthy, the same 91% was reported in 2014. As was the case in 2014-2016, bribery was a popular form of corruption in 2017, while bribes for closing illegal proceedings ranked second. The most corrupt bodies in Ukraine were courts (74% of respondents), as well as tax and customs agencies (54%). In addition, 40% of respondents reported additional legal costs related to corruption. Moreover, 17% of those surveyed said their international partners were unwilling to work with Ukrainian companies because of the high level of corruption, while 22% of top managers of international companies do not want to develop and realize their potential in Ukraine for the same reason. At the same time, 96% of respondents consider corruption practices in Ukraine widespread, whereas this figure was 99% in 2014, 98% in 2015, and 97% in 2016.

Over 90% of Ukrainian businesses face corruption in 2017 – study

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