Law Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

This research article analyzes corruption manifestations in Ukraine. The author underlined and described the nature of petty and business corruption. Particular attention was paid to the description of political corruption concept, where the corruption is used by ruling elite to seize and maintain the power, to nullify the political competitors by outwardly legal actions. There were found out the main difficulties in fighting corruption measures implementation faced by the corruption fighting competent agencies in Ukraine.