US EditionHungary Has Not Returned Cash Seized From Bank Workers, Kyiv Says
- Hungarian authorities detained seven Ukrainian citizens, including a former intelligence general, on suspicion of money laundering while transporting about $40 million and nine kilograms of gold to Ukraine, and opened criminal proceedings against them.
- Ukraine protested the detentions as politically motivated hostage-taking, demanding immediate release and consular access, but Hungarian authorities have not allowed visits or explained the arrests.
- Hungarian officials concluded the operation was organized by individuals with military backgrounds and plan to expel the detainees from Hungary.
- Ukraine's National Bank sent a delegation to Budapest to clarify the situation, while Ukraine opened a criminal investigation on kidnapping and hostage taking and advised citizens against traveling to Hungary due to safety concerns.
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vz.ltKyiv is seeking to recover $80 million in cash and nine gold bars that Hungary seized this week after arresting seven Ukrainian bank employees, the head of the Central Bank said on Friday.
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Hungary has not returned cash seized from bank workers, Kyiv says
Ukraine is working to recover $80 million of cash and nine gold bars that Hungary seized when authorities arrested seven Ukrainian bank workers this week, Kyiv's central bank chief said Friday.
The National Bank of Ukraine has no comments on the registration of foreign currency cargo carried by Ukrainian debt collectors detained in Hungary.
NBU Deputy Governor Shaban urgently departs for Budapest over detention of Oschadbank collectors
Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Oleksiy Shaban and a team are urgently departing for Budapest to clarify the circumstances surrounding the detention of collection crews and the bank’s collection vehicles, reported the regulator’s Governor, Andriy Pyshnyi.
Kiev demands their immediate release.
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