HACCJ (High Anti-Corruption Court)
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC; Ukrainian: Вищий антикорупційний суд, ВАКС) is a specialised permanent court in Ukraine, established in 2019. It has jurisdiction over criminal proceedings concerning corruption offences committed by high-ranking officials, including cases investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and prosecuted by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO). The court is based in Kyiv.
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Ukraine's anti-corruption court approves plea deal with former acting head of Presidential Administration Pashynsky over seized oil products
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (ВАКС) approved a plea agreement with former acting head of the Presidential Administration Serhiy Pashynsky, who admitted guilt in a 2014 scheme to appropriate seized oil products linked to fugitive oligarch Serhiy Kurchenko. Under the deal Pashynsky will pay about 1.1 billion hryvnia to the state budget and to charitable funds supplying the Defense Forces, plus fines and a one-year ban on holding office.