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The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NABU) sent a request to the head of the State Customs Service to initiate official investigations. The reason was the detection of potential abuses during the processing of foreign business trips for customs officers during the period of martial law.
According to the audit data, 29% of all orders for foreign travel were issued for just 15 specific employees. The agency identified several categories of situations indicating potential violations.
Among the detected cases is the combination of official business trips with personal leave and the accompaniment of relatives. For instance, O. V. Pashchenko, Director of the Department of Non-Tariff Regulation, regularly travelled to Bulgaria, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, and Prague, extending her stay abroad immediately after the completion of official events.
B. M. Perepelitsia, Head of the Department of International Cooperation, travelled to Poland in one car with his daughter. T. R. Yuzbashyan, Head of the Department of the Apparatus, visited Bosnia and Herzegovina accompanied by his wife, while M. M. Taraday, Deputy Director of the Department, travelled to Poland.
V. O. Zhaldak, Director of the Department of Material and Technical Support, and R. V. Berezhansky, Chief Accountant, also visited Poland, taking their wives and children with them. O. L. Kostenko, Head of the Department, travelled to Belgium with his minor son, while D. I. Yagella, Deputy Head of the Kyiv Customs, travelled to Poland with his wife.
Particular doubts are raised by the duration of stays abroad. A. O. Volkovska, Head of the Department, remained in Lithuania for an additional week after her business trip. I. A. Zolotaryov, Head of the Department of the Energy Customs, returned from trips 2, 3, and 9 days later than the period specified in the order.
NABU recorded cases where customs officers' expenses were covered by private companies. I. A. Zolotaryov travelled to a forum in Warsaw at the expense of the private limited liability company "Consulting Group 'A-95'".
M. M. Knyazevych, Director of the Department of International Cooperation, and his deputy V. O. Pivovarov stayed and dined in Warsaw at the expense of the company S2 Global Inc. The agency notes that this entity is a potential supplier of systems for the customs service.
S. O. Apostol, Head of the Customs Clearance Department of the Volyn Customs, visited the Czech Republic at the expense of the customs broker G.C.A. spol. s r.o. Such connections require verification for potential conflicts of interest.
Anti-corruption officials drew attention to the procedure for signing documents. M. M. Knyazevych signed business trip orders for subordinates with whom he himself was part of the delegation. In addition, he approved the trip of Yu. M. Zanika, Deputy Head of the Department on Corruption Prevention, who had previously approved Knyazevych's own business trip without any objections.
A separate episode concerns I. I. Yablonska, Head of the Organisational and Administrative Department of the Rivne Customs. Between 2024 and 2026, she crossed the state border 12 times in Ford Kuga and Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 vehicles owned by the private limited liability company "Zakhid Agrobusiness". According to NABU, this company filed customs declarations at the very customs office where the official worked. Meanwhile, these vehicles were not listed in her income declaration.
The audit also covered cases of salary payments during the prolonged absence of employees from Ukraine. V. V. Dyshlova, Deputy Head of the Department of the Specialised Laboratory, stayed abroad for 87 consecutive days, having processed seven consecutive sick leaves. The agency claims that this period was paid as working days.
Another case involved M. V. Sitnikov, an employee of the Odesa Customs. In the timekeeping sheets, he was simultaneously marked as working and on sick leave, while the period was paid in full. It is known that the employee left the country in an official State Customs Service vehicle.
Based on the detected facts, NABU demands that the State Customs Service immediately initiate official investigations. The customs service must verify the circumstances of the business trips, the payment of expenses by private companies, the use of vehicles, the approval of orders, and the mechanism for calculating payments to determine whether any violations of the law took place.
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