According to the Law of Ukraine dated 16.12.2020 No. 1089-IX "On the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine":
The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine is the central government agency of the executive power which is entrusted with the task of countering offences affecting the functioning of the national economies.
In accordance with its assigned tasks, the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine performs law enforcement, analytical, economic, informational, and other functions."
The main tasks of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine are:
Detection of risk areas in the economic sphere by analyzing structured and unstructured data;
Assessment of risks and threats to the economic security of the state, and development of ways to minimize and eliminate them;
Submission of proposals for amendments to regulatory legal acts regarding the elimination of prerequisites for establishing schemes of illegal activity in the economic sphere;
Ensuring the economic security of the state by preventing, detecting, terminating, and investigating criminal offenses that infringe upon the functioning of the state's economy;
Collection and analysis of information on offenses affecting the economic security of the state, and identification of methods for preventing their occurrence in the future;
Planning of measures in the sphere of counteracting criminal offenses classified by law under its investigative jurisdiction;
Detection and investigation of offenses related to the receipt and use of international technical assistance;
Preparation of analytical conclusions and recommendations for state bodies with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of their management decisions regarding the regulation of relations in the economic sphere.