Raiding has intensified in Ukraine: the number of cases has increased by one and a half times
27 June 2024 10:11
The number of raiding cases has been growing in recent years, but has not yet reached the levels before the full-scale invasion. Since the beginning of the year, 188 proceedings have been opened under articles on raiding. This is reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference todata from Opendatabot.
This is 1.3 times more than in the same period last year in 2023 – 147 proceedings. However, it is still two times less than in 2021 – 398 cases.
On the eve of the full-scale invasion, an average of 50 new cases were registered every month. At the beginning of this year, 32 new proceedings were opened per month, and in May the number reached 52.
In general, raiding cases are opened under articles on forgery of documents (Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code), counteraction to legitimate business activities (Article 206 of the Criminal Code) and unlawful seizure of company property (Article 206-2 of the Criminal Code), etc.
Most often, raiding is recorded through forgery of documents: 138 or 73% of all cases this year.
Since the beginning of the year, 29 and 21 criminal proceedings have been opened for obstruction of legitimate business activities and unlawful seizure of company property, respectively. It is worth noting that since the beginning of the year, no new cases of obstruction of business activities and unlawful seizure of company property have been brought to court.
According to the Anti-Raiding Office, the number of complaints about raider attacks is growing year on year. 1,255 complaints were received in the first five months of this year. By comparison, there were 1,905 such complaints for the whole of last year.
