DIRECTIONS OF DECREASING THE LEVEL OF CORRUPTION IN UKRAINE IN THE CONDITIONS OF CRISIS PHENOMENA AND INCREASING THE NEED FOR LEGALIZATION OF INCOME

Abstract

Today, Ukraine has faced a large number of challenges that have affected its economic, social and territorial development. The war posed new challenges, one of which is an increase in the level of corruption both among individuals and legal entities, as well as among officials and even volunteers. With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian economy faced new challenges in terms of doing business, receiving significant financial and material aid from around the world, the growth of remittances, which in turn affected the volume and types of corruption schemes. In particular, fraudulent schemes related to electronic money, crypto-currencies and various virtual assets have become more active. The article examines analytical reports and statistical data of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine regarding the results of a survey of the population of the most corrupt areas, problems related to the detection of corruption in various areas. And also, assessments of the factors that most influence the level of corruption in the wartime period. On the basis of the conducted research, it was determined that today an important direction for reducing the level of corruption is the development of strategic anti-corruption programs that take into account the strengthening of Russian aggression, the activation of cashless payments between individuals and legal entities, the increase in the number of charitable organizations engaged in fundraising and the decrease in the standard of living of the population. To this end, the following directions for reducing the level of corruption in Ukraine are proposed: improvement of normative legal acts on the prevention of corruption, improvement of Ukraine's anti-corruption strategy taking into account today's realities, development of cooperation with international governments and organizations in the field of anti-corruption measures, making changes to the system of mandatory transparent declaration, establishment of rules regarding mandatory reporting of charitable funds and organizations in Ukraine, improvement of legislation regulating virtual markets, markets of crypto currency (other virtual assets) for the purpose of legalization of income.