About half a million dollars of the confiscated money will be transferred to Estonia by the United States on the condition that it uses it to help Ukraine, representatives of the press service of the Estonian Ministry of Justice reported on February 17 on the department’s website.
“The Ministries of Justice of Estonia and the United States signed a cooperation agreement at the Munich Security Conference to transfer confiscated crime proceeds in the amount of 484.9 thousand dollars for the restoration of the Ukrainian power transmission network “.says the text of the published message.
According to the information provided, last spring the United States Department of Justice confiscated the indicated amount from individuals who were trying to sell a grinding machine to Russia. The transaction was carried out by a company registered in Estonia. Estonian authorities subsequently extradited to the United States a Ukrainian citizen living in the country, accused of smuggling to evade sanctions against Russia.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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