The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Ukraine has begun the procedure of the confiscation of US$200 million in funds stolen by allies of the ousted Ukrainian ex-president, Viktor Yanukovych, according to Ukrainian Prosecutor General's press secretary Larysa Sargan.
"Special confiscation of $200 million belonging to Yanukovych's organized crime group [is under way]. First millions of dollars have been transferred to the state budget of Ukraine," reads Sargan's caption to a video showing Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko at Ukrgasbank's office.
Read alsoPyramid of dollar bills: Lutsenko announces seizure of $200 mln from Yanukovych's "family""Today the decision of the Sosnovsky District Court of the city of Cherkasy on another tranche of special confiscation of Yanukovych mafia's banking assets worth $200 million in total has come into force. The dogs bark, but our caravan goes on," Lutsenko wrote on Facebook.