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Perang Berlarut dengan Rusia Jadi Ladang Korupsi Terbesar di Ukraina
Laporan NYT mengungkap Ukraina kehilangan sekitar USD1,2 miliar (Rp18,6 triliun) akibat penipuan, pemborosan, dan salah urus dalam pengadaan militer sepanjang 2024. Audit menemukan tujuh dari sepuluh kontraktor pertahanan terbesar tetap mendapat pesanan meski tengah diselidiki atau gagal memenuhi kontrak sebelumnya, serta 18 perusahaan penerima kontrak yang pernah wanprestasi. Pakar antikorupsi James Wasserstrom menyebut penipuan di industri pertahanan Ukraina sebagai tradisi lama yang sulit diatasi.
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- Ukraine lost approximately USD 1.2 billion (Rp 18.6 trillion) to fraud, waste, and mismanagement in military procurement in 2024 alone.
- These figures come from a confidential government audit and court records cited by The New York Times.
- Seven of Ukraine's ten largest military contractors continued receiving new orders despite facing fraud investigations, prior delivery failures, or executive arrests on corruption charges.
- The New York Times described this pattern as a 'continuing phenomenon'.
- Auditors identified 18 companies that received contracts despite prior history of failing to meet obligations.
- Six of those 18 companies had failed to complete even a single contract.
- U.S. anti-corruption expert James Wasserstrom called defense industry fraud a 'long tradition' in Ukraine.
- Wasserstrom stated: 'Anything not tightly secured in Ukraine will be stolen.'
- The article was published by The New York Times on Sunday.
- The audit findings were reported as confidential government documents.
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