The National Police of Ukraine has initiated criminal proceedings into the kidnapping of Ukrainian citizens and a company car of JSC Oschadbank in Hungary.
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- National Police of Ukraine has initiated criminal proceedings into the kidnapping of Oschadbank cashiers and a company car in Hungary.
- The incident is being investigated under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine related to illegal deprivation of liberty and hostage-taking.
Criminal proceedings have been opened in Ukraine regarding the kidnapping of collectors in Hungary
This was reported by the Communications Department of the National Police.
Information about the event was entered into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations under Article 146 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal deprivation of liberty or kidnapping) and Article 147 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (hostage-taking).
As noted, the police officers of the Department of International Police Cooperation of the National Police of Ukraine have contacted Europol, the Hungarian Tax and Customs Service, and the police through official channels, and are coordinating actions aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident.
Currently, investigative actions are ongoing.
On the night of March 6, Foreign Minister Andriy Szybiga announced that in Budapest, Hungarian authorities had taken seven Ukrainian citizens — employees of Oschadbank — hostage and stolen the money they were transporting.
According to him, seven employees of Oschadbank were traveling in two bank cars in transit between Austria and Ukraine and were transporting cash as part of regular service between state-owned banks.
