In Ukraine, the number of raiding cases has decreased, but property seizures of enterprises have increased

In Ukraine, 103 criminal proceedings related to raiding were opened in the first seven months of 2026. This is 36% less than in the same period last year, and several times less than before the start of the full-scale war.

This is evidenced by data from the Prosecutor General's Office analyzed by Opendatabot.

On average, about 15 new proceedings are recorded per month this year. The most cases were opened in March - 31.

The vast majority of proceedings - 74 cases, or about 72% - concern the forgery of documents submitted for state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs under Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code.

Another 17 cases were opened for facts of illegal seizure of property of enterprises, institutions or organizations, and 12 - for obstruction of legitimate economic activity.

At the same time, precisely the proceedings regarding illegal seizure of property of enterprises have increased. In the first seven months of 2026, more were already opened than in the whole of 2025.

The share of such cases in the overall structure of raiding proceedings has more than doubled - from 7% last year to 17% this year.

Meanwhile, a relatively small portion of cases reach the suspicion stage. As of the end of July, suspicion was announced in 21 of the 103 proceedings, that is approximately in every fifth.

Only 11 cases were sent to court. All of them concern forgery of documents. Under the articles on obstruction of legitimate economic activity and illegal seizure of property of enterprises, no proceedings have yet been sent to court this year.

One of the latest high-profile cases in which the investigation directly states about raiding has become the investigation by NABU and SAP regarding the activities of an alleged criminal organization. According to the investigation, in autumn 2025 its members carried out a raider seizure of two enterprises with assets worth UAH 248 million. The purpose of capturing one of them was allegedly control over real estate in the center of Kyiv worth over UAH 500 million. Another attempt to seize capital objects worth over UAH 207 million NABU attributes to May 2026.

Within this investigation, NABU also stated the use of forged documents and court decisions, and unauthorized interference with the information systems of the Ministry of Justice to change asset owners. Among the articles incriminated to the suspects is also Article 206-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - illegal seizure of enterprise property. The investigation is ongoing, and the circumstances presented are the version of the investigation.

Based on materials: Opendatabot