Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has said that INTERPOL has issued Red Notice against former head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects Management of Ukraine Vladyslav Kaskiv and law enforcement agencies are taking measures to extradite him to Ukraine.
“On August 1, 2016, INTERPOL General Secretariat published a Red Notice to arrest and extradite that former head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects Management of Ukraine Kaskiv under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation, embezzlement or conversion of property by abuse of official post committed in respect of an especially gross amount, or by an organized group) and Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (forgery in office),” the PGO press service reported.
The press service said, referring to a report of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Panama that on August 18, 2016 Kaskiv was detained on the border with Costa Rica when he did not get a permit to enter the country on August 17, 2016.
“On August 19, 2016, under a request of the main investigation department of Ukrainian PGO Pechersky district court in Kyiv decided to arrest Kaskiv,” the press service said.
The press service posted a copy of the court ruling.
At present, Ukrainian PGO is taking all required measures to extradite Kaskiv sticking to the provision of the extradition agreement signed by Ukraine and Panama in 2003.
