The Hungarian authorities agreed to transfer the two seized vehicles to transfer the cash to the Ukrainian state-owned Oskadbank, the Evropiskaya Pravda newspaper reported, citing two sources.
Investigators from the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Service informed the lawyers of the Ukrainian side about this decision.
Coins and gold that were in cars will not be transferred.
March 9 Hungarian government acceptable Under the decree, 35 million euros, 40 million dollars and nine gold bars seized during the detention of Ukrainian collectors by the National Tax and Customs Service of Hungary will be stored during the investigation.
In Budapest, on March 5, seven employees of the Oskad Bank collection service were arrested while transporting currency in two cars. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sepiga said that Hungarian authorities “took” seven Ukrainian citizens hostage. The Hungarian National Tax and Customs Service quickly announced that it was conducting a criminal investigation into money laundering. The Hungarian authorities asked for an explanation from Ukraine and admitted that we might be talking about “money from the Ukrainian military mafia.” The detained collectors were released on March 6 and returned to Ukraine.