This article analyses the situation of corruption crime in Ukraine during martial law and in the Republic of Lithuania during the state of emergency and identifies trends in the development of this negative phenomenon. The author notes that since 2014, Ukraine has intensified the implementation of measures aimed at combating corruption. At the same time, the Republic of Lithuania has demonstrated significant success in combating this type of crime since 1990. However, due to the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, the countries under study faced a new issue, i.e., corruption during martial law and during the state of emergency. This article presents an analysis of the quantitative characteristics of corruption crimes for the period under study, namely, the number of registered corruption crimes, the number of identified persons who committed corruption crimes, and the number of convicted persons against whom a court verdict has come into force. Based on the number of registered crimes, the most common corruption offences were identified. The work of the anticorruption agencies of Ukraine and the Republic of Lithuania since 24 February 2022 was also studied. The analysis of the abovementioned corruption offenses on the work of anticorruption institutions enabled further identification of the areas highly vulnerable to corruption risk. Studying corruption during martial law and the state of emergency will make it possible to identify its specific features for further development of measures to combat this type of crime. This experience may be useful for solving similar problems in the future.
Kateryna Kulyk (Sat,) studied this question.