Application requirements of international institutions to organizations of financial monitoring /AML in Ukraine in the struggle against corruption

The influence of corruption on Ukrainian economy. Negative effects of corruption. The common trends and consequences of increasing corruption. Crimes of organized groups and criminal organizations. Statistical data of crime in some regions of Ukraine.
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Application requirements of international institutions to organizations of financial monitoring /AML in Ukraine in the struggle against corruption

Summary. In this paper the influence of corruption on Ukrainian economy is investigated. Negative effects of corruption are identified. The common trends and consequences of increasing corruption in Ukraine are analyzed.

Keywords: money laundering, corruption, bribery, PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons).

Introduction.

In all times and in all countries philosophers, famous artists paid much attention to corruption. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote: «Corruption is the root from which follows at all times and under all temptations contempt for all laws».

The quotation of Alexander Herzen: "If all the laws would be strictly complied and nobody took bribes, the life would be impossible” unfortunately, can't be applied exclusively to Russia. Experts who study the question of corruption in different countries, conclude that corruption sometimes attempt to do something to bypass the law, bribe for accelerating the process of getting services from official is the national feature, including countries in Africa, Latin America and even in Italy. Thus, it doesn't matter what were the force there would be always those who bypass the law, as relations to possible violations of the law are the matter of ethical principles.

Questions deal with struggle against corruption and bribery were paid much attention in recent years worldwide. These crimes are predictable along with such as: terrorism and its financing, human trafficking, illegal turnover of drugs and others.

FATF has issued several conceptual documents on fighting corruption in the summer of 2011: «Corruption», «Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption». Substantial attention in the last document is given to examples of corruption by Lazarenko (extortion, money laundering, using the accounts in offshore jurisdictions for this purpose, involvement in the kidnapping and murder - this is a list of facts of his crimes).

In the above mentioned documents of FATF main directions of receiving corruption revenues:

"In the grand corruption context, the most prevalent forms of proceeds are those arising from

1) bribe-taking or kickbacks;

2) extortion;

3) self-dealing and conflict of interest;

4) embezzlement from the country's treasury by a variety of fraudulent means ".

Problem.

Unfortunately, Ukraine also has a widespread corruption, although it does not stand aloof from struggling against it. Thus, in 2010-2011 the Law of Ukraine N 3206-VI "On Grounds of Corruption Prevention and Counteraction" was adopted (Date of entry into force: July 1, 2011) [3] and some amendments were done according to other laws and codes. " The National anti-corruption strategy for 2011 - 2015 years" [2] was elaborated, and in 2010 The National Anti-Corruption Committee was created.

But in spite of such significant positive changes in Ukraine there are still many claims made by Greco (Group of States against Corruption, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Directorate of Monitoring Council of Europe), as defined in the document «Addendum to the Compliance Report on Ukraine », which was issued in Strasbourg, 23-27 May 2011.

Greco expressed concerns about the existence of two parallel systems of corruption offences, i.e. the criminal and the administrative system, which affords opportunities for manipulation, for example, to escape from the justice process.

The document draws attention to the numerous shortcomings of the judicial system in Ukraine.

Mentioned in «Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption» the risks and shortcomings promote the growing role of PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) in corruption and money laundering.

PEP makes extensive using of banks for cash flow. Example: Pavel Lazarenko and his colleagues for this purpose controlled 2 banks: European Federal Credit Bank ("Eurofed") and Postabank, registered in foreign jurisdictions.

Another example: The U.S. Senate revealed U.S. banks (with branches in the UK) that did not take adequate measures of KYC in the case of the accounts of two Sani Abacha's sons - Nigerian military and statesman.

Corrupt officials have a number of significant advantages over other criminals:

- they can control the state machinery, including those who are obliged to reveal such crimes to affect the appointment of "necessary" people;

- through the funding of political parties they can strengthen control of the government;

- they involve the most qualified professionals in the country to take part in operations;

- they guarantee the diplomatic cover;

- they have a respectable appearance and the corresponding image, deflecting suspicion.

Moreover, corruption is usually associated with the outflow of capital. Current estimates of illegal financial flows has been increased from 1.26 trillion $ to 1.44 trillion $, which are flowing away from the poorest countries in 2008.

From February 1, 2012 The Ministry of Justice should ensure implementation of the Unified State Register of persons who have committed corruption.

The purpose of the registry is providing background check information about individuals who apply for positions, connected with the functions of the state or local government, and to determine the positions of the major corruption risks.

The "Analytical report on corruption risks in the spheres of administrative services and oversight of public administration in Ukraine" [1] gives the results of the study of corruption in the provision of administrative services, lists of the major corruption risks and proposals for their reduction are presented. These, for example, are the following:

- do not include in the State Budget Law provisions on the financing of government from the proceeds of fines they impose;

- to establish by law the most common ways to address the administrative entity for the service using email communications, email, phone orders;

- to avoid duplication of illegal acts syllables in the Code of Administrative Offences, Criminal Code and sectoral legislation;

- other.

Many issues and corruption risks which are listed in the "Analytical report ..." [1] are typical in all countries of the world, but significant corruption is defined only in some of them. This, on our opinion, is due to the peculiarities of the country, that is, its civilization identity.

Samuel Phillips Huntington in his monography «The Clash of Civilizations and Remaking of the World Order» and in the article «The Clash of Civilizations?» described the decisive influence of civilization belonging on the development of the country, on the relations between countries. According to Huntington civilization is the highest cultural education that connects people and provides them with a degree of cultural identity. In this sense, civilization is defined by common objective elements, such as language, history, religion, customs, social institutions, as well as subjective self-identification of people. Huntington distinguishes some civilizations: Western, Hispanidad (Latin American), Japanese, Sinic, Hindu, Islamic, Orthodox, African, Buddhist.

For Orthodox Civilization, as for any other, a common language, history, religion and customs are typical features. There is the thesis in the religious traditions of Orthodoxy: repent and receive forgiveness. Therefore, religious and cultural roots of corruption (and many other crimes) are not breaking unavoidability of punishment. Improper severity of punishment or even lack of it conducives to the growth of corruption. Is it so you can find out from the information analysis in the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The statistical data from the site of the Ministry of Internal Affairs [4] about the number of certain types of crimes and the consequence of criminal case prosecutions are presented in the following tables .

Table 1 - Crimes of organized groups and criminal organizations (material from [4])

	2009	2010
Organized groups and criminal organizations discovered	130	174
	with corrupt ties	6	13
	with international connections	15	10
	formed on ethnic basis	2	12
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