NABU orders another forensic examination from its own people
Kyiv • UNN
The NABU continues to order forensic examinations from related parties, despite the identified conflict of interest. The NACP refrains from verifying these facts, and the creation of NABU's own expert institution is a matter of concern.
Despite the conflict of interest, NABU detectives continue to order forensic examinations from their colleagues and acquaintances, one of them being the Expert Group "ES&D" LLC. Another NABU tender was ordered from them in June, UNN reports.
The conflict of interest is related to the fact that forensic examinations are ordered by Senior Detective Viktor Yarema, and performed by the daughter of his former colleague from the Rivne Prosecutor's Office, who is registered as an LLC "ES&D". Moreover, orders are regular.
The NACP, in its turn, refrains from verifying the recorded conflicts of interest and "turns a blind eye" to such investigations by NABU detectives.
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Manipulation of examinations is a common practice for the NABU, which plays against its own detectives. For example, the examinations in the cases of Rotterdam+ and former Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan. According to lawyer Iryna Odynets, the NABU lost in court because during the investigation, detectives in these cases "drew" forensic examinations in friendly private offices, and then unsuccessfully tried to confirm their accusations with them. Volodymyr Omelyan himself also noted that detectives engaged "dubious experts" during the investigation of the case against him.
In addition, NABU recently tried to leak the expertise in the case against former Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky, which they themselves ordered and which was apparently supposed to testify to Solsky's innocence.
Given the repeated facts of such manipulations, the idea of NABU Head Semen Kryvonos to create his own expert institution for the bureau looks extremely alarming. In this case, there may be many times more "painted" examinations, and thus NABU investigations may turn into biased persecutions similar to the mass political terror of the Soviet NKVD.
This was also emphasized by foreign experts who audited the NABU. The auditors believe that the creation of a criminal institution under the Anti-Corruption Bureau will not solve the issue of the objectivity of examinations in criminal proceedings investigated by detectives.
