Russian businessman’s assets seized in Italy on Ukraine’s request

Tax police in Florence have seized assets worth EUR 41 million from a Russian businessman at the request of the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office in Kyiv.

This is reported by ANSA with reference to sources in investigative bodies, reports Ukrinform.

According to sources of the Italian publication, the seized assets include real estate properties and business shares of companies that were acquired by reinvesting illicit profits.

As noted, the Russian businessman, whose name has not been disclosed, is under investigation for crimes committed in Ukraine related to high-profile corruption, fraud worth EUR 60 million, and money laundering.

The businessman is believed to have acquired, among other things, a large and luxurious property complex in the Tuscan city through a Florence-based trust company.

In particular, among the immobilized assets were shares of the company with a nominal value of EUR 3 million and four real estate properties worth almost EUR 38 million, law enforcement sources reported.

No other details have been disclosed.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, based on the evidence collected by the Prosecutor General's Office, filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court to impose sanctions on two Russian oligarchs and their closest entourage by seizing their assets.

Illustrative photo: ANSA