Raiding cases in Ukraine: how many went to court

In 2024, 323 criminal proceedings on raiding were registered in Ukraine, which is 11% less than in 2023. This is also 1.8 times less than in 2021. Most cases involve forgery of documents. This is reported by Opendatabot, UNN reports.

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According to Opendatabot, 323 cases of raiding were recorded last year, which is 11% less than in 2023. It is also 1.8 times less than in 2021.

Last year, only  28% of registered proceedings went to court, which is more than in the first years of the full-scale invasion, but less than in 2021 and 2020, when about 40% of cases went to court.

74% of all criminal cases of raiding concern forgery of documents (Article 205-1 of the CCU). Another 17% of cases were initiated due to obstruction of legitimate business activities (Article 206 of the CCU), and the remaining cases concerned unlawful seizure of property (Article 206-2 of the CCU),

Last year, 1,722 complaints about raiding were registered with the Anti-Raiding Office. This is half as many as in 2021. And over the past 5 years, a total of 10,710 such complaints have been recorded.

86% of all complaints concern real estate raiding. In another 14% of cases, raiders attempted to take over someone else’s business .

Over the past two years, the number of complaints from Ukrainians has decreased to 36%, but the number of complaints from businesses has increased to 42%. At the same time, the share of complaints from local governments increased to 17%. For example, from 2020 to 2023, the average figure was 7%.

Only 30% of all complaints were satisfied last year. Another 43% were denied, and 27% of cases were left without consideration on the merits.

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