Assets of SPFU criminal organization members seized abroad
Thanks to the activities of a joint investigative team comprising detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), prosecutors from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), and representatives of law enforcement agencies from Austria and France, assets belonging to members of a criminal organization led by a former head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine have been identified and seized.
The seized assets include luxury vehicles used by the suspects abroad.
At the request of a SAPO prosecutor, who is also the head of the joint investigative team, and in accordance with a decision by the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine, Austrian law enforcement authorities seized and confiscated the specified property.
Previously, as part of the same joint investigative team's activities, French law enforcement authorities seized the suspects' real estate valued at nearly EUR 6.5 million.
Measures are currently being taken to identify additional assets of the criminal organization's members, as well as to locate and extradite them.
According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered not-guilty in the commission of a crime and cannot be subject to criminal punishment until he or she is found guilty by court.
