Ukraine establishes the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU)
After the 2014 EuroMaidan revolution, Ukraine's parliament adopted the law on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau on 14 October 2014; President Poroshenko signed the founding decree on 16 April 2015 and NABU's first 70 detectives began work on 1 October 2015. In the causal graph this event sets in motion Anti-corruption enforcement capacity, a driver that strengthens Corruption Perceptions Index — Georgia — an improving welfare path.
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After the 2014 EuroMaidan revolution, Ukraine's parliament adopted the law on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau on 14 October 2014; President Poroshenko signed the founding decree on 16 April 2015 and NABU's first 70 detectives began work on 1 October 2015. NABU, alongside SAPO, NACP, the High Anti-Corruption Court and the ProZorro procurement platform, formed a new institutional architecture demanded by the IMF and EU.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Direct responsibility
responsibility level 0.6 · verified
Embodies the new enforcement capacity; its creation directly strengthened the anti-corruption-enforcement driver in Ukraine.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactUkraine establishes the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU)
- sets in motionDriverAnti-corruption enforcement capacity
- strengthensIndicators (4)Corruption Perceptions Index — Georgia
impact weight 0.75 · Effect from 16 April 2015 · verified
Created a dedicated independent enforcement body where none existed, the core of post-EuroMaidan enforcement capacity.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.6 (weight 0.75 × strength 0.8)
Observed
50 index score (0-100) · at the normal line (2025)
At normalAbove normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.45 (weight 0.75 × strength 0.6)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.3 (weight 0.75 × strength 0.4)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.22 (weight 0.75 × strength 0.3)
Observed
0.57 index score (0-1) · 0.23 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.5 index score (0-1) to 0.57 index score (0-1).
Above normal = better
- FactUkraine establishes the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU)
- weakensDriverState capture pressure
- weakensIndicators (4)Corruption Perceptions Index — Georgia
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 16 April 2015 · verified
Independent investigation of high-level corruption is designed to counter oligarchic capture, though capture pressure persisted and resisted.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)
Observed
50 index score (0-100) · at the normal line (2025)
At normalAbove normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.33 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.65)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.57 index score (0-1) · 0.23 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.5 index score (0-1) to 0.57 index score (0-1).
Above normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorNational Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU)
- contributed toFactUkraine establishes the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU)
- sets in motionDrivers (2)Anti-corruption enforcement capacity
- strengthensIndicatorCorruption Perceptions Index — Georgia
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Factrail. (2026). Ukraine establishes the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gov-ukraine-nabu-established-2015
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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