Financial Intelligence In The System Of Anti-Corruption Measures

The relevance of the study of anti-money laundering is related to the destructive impact of corruption on various aspects of Ukrainian society. Corruption is recognized as one of the main obstacles to the development of the Ukrainian state. The article reveals the relationship between corruption and the legalization of proceeds from crime, which is due to the need to conceal the sources of illicit income, the use of schemes for their further legal use. It has been established that to overcome corruption, it is necessary to implement systematic measures related not only to the identification and punishment of corrupt officials but also to take preventive action. An important role in the consolidation of efforts in the anti-corruption fight belongs to the coordination of cooperation between the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and the domestic financial intelligence unit. The State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine is the central national body responsible for collecting, analyzing, and transmitting data on suspicious financial transactions to the competent authorities, taking enhanced measures to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The priority of the domestic financial intelligence unit activity in modern conditions is the investigation of money laundering, obtained as a result of corruption, theft, and misappropriation of funds and state property, search and freezing of property of former Ukrainian officials. The analysis of the activity of the domestic financial intelligence unit to identify the facts of legalization of proceeds from corruption is carried out. It has been established that the main methods of money laundering of corruption proceeds in Ukraine have been determined. It has been proven that the fight against money laundering is the basis for the implementation of an effective anti-corruption policy and the fight against economic crime.