The Council of Europe convened a workshop in Kyiv focused on Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) for Anti-Corruption Investigations, Financial, and Conflict of Interests Controls on 1-2 July 2026. The event brought together 32 participants from Ukraine’s key anti-corruption agencies: 26 from the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), two from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), and four from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO). International and national experts facilitated this hybrid-format training by delivering a comprehensive OSINT content, based on the Council of Europe OSINT Training Manual.
Officials from Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions enhanced their practical and investigative capabilities, gaining deeper knowledge of OSINT workflows and participating in hands-on case exercises. The training covered the intelligence cycle, operational security, source verification, evidence preservation, documentation, and reporting; and highlighted how OSINT tools can be applied to cross-check asset declarations, uncover concealed assets, trace proxy ownership, and monitor conflicts of interest: essential skills for addressing both established and emerging forms of corruption. Practical exercises enabled attendees to translate open-source findings into actionable, well-documented intelligence for investigations, prosecutions, and preventive monitoring.
"For the National Agency, the OSINT methodology is an essential tool for conducting in-depth lifestyle monitoring, verifying thousands of asset declarations, and identifying hidden conflicts of interest. At a time when many Ukrainian citizens are living abroad due to Russia's full-scale war, our ability to obtain information from open foreign sources has become particularly important. Given the limitations of international information exchange, open registers often serve as a key source of data. At the same time, I am convinced that today Ukraine should not only continue learning from international experience but also share its own successful practices in applying OSINT," said Viktor Pavlushchyk, Head of the NACP, in his welcome words.
By fostering advanced skills and facilitating inter-agency cooperation, the workshop contributes to improving the effectiveness of OSINT practices within Ukraine’s anti-corruption framework. This enhancement of capabilities will further equip Ukrainian authorities in detecting and preventing economic crime, thus supporting their ongoing efforts to promote integrity, transparency, and accountability in governance.
The activity was organised within the framework of the project Anti-Corruption Transformation in Ukraine.
