In October 2014, Ukraine’s parliament passed a law requiring all public officials to file an electronic declaration disclosing their assets. The law requires the identification of assets directly held by officials, as well as those held by family members, which means officials can no longer hide illegally obtained assets in the names of family members. To give the law some teeth, it makes public officials criminally liable for false information.Not surprisingly, there have been numerous attempts by Ukrainian politicians to weaken the law. In the last year, there have been at least six attempts to dilute the law. Just as …read more
Source: Atlantic Council
