Lviv region became the leader in the number of corrupt officials in Ukraine in 2023. This is reported by the Opendatabot portal.

"During the past three years, Lviv region has become the leader in the number of sentences passed. The number of records since the beginning of the great war has also decreased: while in 2021 there were 537, last year there were only 192," the report says.

Next in the ranking are Kyiv (188), Odesa (181), Dnipropetrovsk (176) and Vinnytsia (169) regions.

In total, 2,420 people were included in the Corruption Register in 2023. This is 65% less than in pre-war 2021. Back then, the list was updated by almost 7,000 entries.

Opendatabot notes that in 2021, people were mostly included in the Corruption Register due to violations related to declarations - 75.9% of verdicts. In 2023, the share of such cases dropped to 1.6%. This is due to the fact that since the beginning of the full-scale war, the NACP has not verified officials' declarations, and filing declarations was not mandatory.

In 2022-2023, most people were included in the register because of an offer or promise of improper benefits for actions or inaction in government - 38.2% and 53.1% of cases, respectively.

Most often, offenders are sentenced to fines - 92% of sentences. Imprisonment and community service or probation account for about 5-8% of sentences.