The Director of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (BES) and the Head of the State Labor Service of Ukraine, Ihor Degnera, signed a memorandum on cooperation and information exchange aimed at strengthening efforts to combat informal employment and the payment of "envelope" wages. According to a statement on the BES website, the key areas of cooperation include countering tax evasion and avoidance of the unified social security contribution. Under the memorandum, the agencies are