Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has created an interagency working group to coordinate the return to the country of the proceeds illegally obtained by former high-ranking officials.
The corresponding decree was published on the president’s website on March 26.
According to the document, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaliy Kasko was appointed as the head of the group (by consent). Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Taranov was appointed his deputy. The group also includes First Deputy Head of the SBU – Head of the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the SBU Central Department Yuriy Artiukhov, Deputy Foreign Minister for European Integration Olena Zarkal, Deputy Head of the State Service for Financial Monitoring of Ukraine Vitaliy Zubriy, Deputy Interior Minister – Head the Main Investigation Department Vitaliy Sakal, Deputy Prosecutor General (by consent) David Sakvarelidze, Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Volodymyr Synkevych, Deputy Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Yakov Smoliy, Deputy Minister of Justice Anton Yanchuk etc.
According to the decree, the interagency working group should within two months develop mechanisms for the efficient interaction between law enforcement agencies and the central executive agencies for the return of these funds to Ukraine.
In addition, the group has been tasked with analyzing the legislation of Ukraine in the field of regulation of financial services markets, foreign economic activity, anti-corruption activities and laundering the proceeds of crime, to identify the regulations that hinder the return of funds to Ukraine and to prepare proposals for the improvement of these regulations.
