Kostin, U.S. Justice Department representatives discuss seizure of Russian assets

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin and representatives of the U.S. Justice Department’s KleptoCapture discussed further work on searching for Russian assets and investigating cases of international money laundering.

This is said in a statement released by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, Ukrinform reports.

“Andriy Kostin met with KleptoCapture representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice. The KleptoCapture Task Force of the U.S. Department of Justice is conducting extraordinary work on searching for Russian assets and investigating cases of international money laundering," the statement says.

At the meeting, Prosecutor General Kostin thanked Director of the Justice Department's Task Force KleptoCapture Andrew Adams. The participants discussed the list of priority tasks for further cooperation. Kostin noted that the role of the United States is decisive in limiting the resources of Russian elites and weakening Putin's regime.

"We highly appreciate the U.S. efforts in finding and seizing assets, and directing them to the purposes of Ukraine’s recovery and compensating for the damage caused to Ukrainians," said the Prosecutor General.

As reported, Task Force Ukraine operates on the basis of the Prosecutor General's Office. The Ukrainian and American Task Force maintain constant communication and cooperate on the issue of seizing Russia’s criminal assets.

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