The United States Department of Justice noted on April 17, 2023, that US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland had a meeting with the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin. They discussed the possibility of transferring confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine.
Source: The United States Department of Justice
“And as I discussed the last time that Andriy was here, we are exercising new authority granted by Congress to transfer certain assets that we have seized from Russian oligarchs for use in rebuilding Ukraine,” reported the United States Department of Justice quoting Merrick B. Garland.
US Attorney General added that these assets will be used in the reconstruction of Ukraine.
“Meanwhile our Task Force KleptoCapture – a team of prosecutors, agents, analysts, translators, and other personnel – continues to bring prosecutions and effect seizures against sanctioned enablers of the Kremlin and Russian military,” informed Merrick B. Garland.
In addition, the USA will send a prosecutor to The Hague to participate in the investigation of crimes committed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
“As we discussed today, to further strengthen this partnership, the Justice Department will detail an experienced prosecutor to the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine, which is hosted by the JIT. The prosecutor will be based in The Hague at Eurojust – the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation – and he will provide access to the significant Departmental resources that we have deployed in response to this crisis,” added the United States Department of Justice.
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