According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, 168 raiding cases were recorded in Ukraine in the first eight months of 2025. This is 36% less than in the same period last year. 80% of cases involve document forgery. At the same time, 830 complaints of raiding were considered during the same period, according to the Office for Combating Raiding.
168 criminal proceedings for raiding were opened this year. This is 36% less than during the same period last year. While in 2024, an average of 33 cases were opened each month, this year there were only 21. Overall, the number of raiding cases has decreased 3.4 times in four years.
The vast majority of proceedings involve document forgery (Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code). This year, 134 such cases were opened, or 80% of the total number. Suspicions were handed down in less than half of the cases (62), and only 40% (53) were sent to court.
There were 23 proceedings registered for obstruction of economic activity (Article 206 of the Criminal Code), which is 42% less than last year. However, no charges were brought and no cases were brought to court.
Even fewer cases were opened for unlawful seizure of enterprise property (Article 206-2) — only 11, which is more than half the number last year. Charges were brought in only one case, and no cases were brought to court.
At the same time, the Office for Combating Raiding, where victims file their complaints, reviewed 830 appeals during the same period. However, this is also 40% less than last year.
Most complaints concerned real estate — 676 (81%), while another 154 cases were related to business. It is worth noting that there were 43% fewer complaints about illegal seizure of real estate this year. As for business, complaints decreased by 15%.
While in 2024 most complaints were filed by businesses, this year the situation has changed. In 2025, half of the complaints were filed by individuals (411). Companies filed 232 complaints (28%), local authorities filed 162 (20%). The rest of the complaints were filed by state authorities and registration entities.
The vast majority of complaints (818 out of 830) were considered collegially. Of these, 247 were upheld (30%), 243 were rejected (30%), and 328 were left without consideration (40%). Ten complaints regarding businesses and two regarding real estate were upheld by individual decisions this year.
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