Hungary fails to return Oschadbank's property: tens of millions of currencies and gold blocked
On the territory of Hungary The assets of a Ukrainian state-owned bank are still blocked Oschadbank, The company's cash collection convoy was carrying the goods.
This refers to significant amounts of foreign currency and gold that were in the bank's armoured cars.
What exactly remains under arrest
According to the bank, it is currently blocked in Hungary:
2 armoured collection vehicles
40 million USD
35 million euros
9 kilograms of gold
Oschadbank said it planned to challenge the actions of the Hungarian authorities in court.
The Bank is preparing legal action
The financial institution says it is preparing legal action against the actions of the Hungarian migration service.
The goal is to obtain the return of the property and a legal assessment of the incident.
What happened on 5 March
The incident occurred 5 March, when a collection convoy of a Ukrainian bank was detained in Hungary.
According to the bank, law enforcement officers blocked two armoured vehicles that officially transported currency and gold.
Seven bank employees were detained for over a day without access to lawyers and the Ukrainian consul.
The crew was later able to return to Ukraine, but cars, money and gold remained under arrest.
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