KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday said they had opened a criminal case into suspected extortion by officials at a sister anti-corruption agency, based partly on information from a whistleblower who also implicated the president's office.
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAZK) is a keystone of Western-backed reforms but has been criticised for making slow progress with its main task of verifying officials' wealth declarations for evidence of ill-gotten gains.
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