From May 5, 2023, the Territorial Department of the ESBU in Kyiv and the Territorial Department of the ESBU in Kyiv region will perform their powers and functions separately. Prior to that the Territorial Department of the ESBU in Kyiv and Kyiv region which was established in November 2022, functioned.
By Resolution No. 281 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated March 30, 2023, "Some issues of territorial bodies of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine", this territorial administration is liquidated, instead, two separate divisions are created.
This will ensure an even workload for the detectives and analysts of the Territorial Department ESBU . Based on analytical products, detectives will carry out operational and investigative activities and pre-trial investigations within their competence which fall under the jurisdiction of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine taking into account the specifics of the city and region. This will help to effectively organize the activities of pre-trial investigation bodies.
The main task of the departments is to ensure economic security by preventing, detecting, suppressing and investigating criminal offenses that infringe on the functioning of the economy.
Thus, there will be eight Territorial Departments of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine in Ukraine. In particular Territorial Departmens in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, Chernivtsi regions and in the Kyiv.