Tax police in Florence have seized
assets worth 41 million euros from a Russian businessman, at the
request of anti-corruption prosecutors in Kyiv, Ukraine,
investigative sources said on Monday.
The assets seized included real estate properties and shares in
companies that were acquired by reinvesting illicit profits,
according to the same sources.
The businessman is under investigation for alleged crimes
committed in Ukraine including corruption of public officials, a
fraud worth 60 million euros, and money laundering.
The man is believed to have bought, through a Florence-based
trust company, a large and luxurious real estate complex in the
Tuscan city, among other things.
In particular, the assets seized included three million euros in
business shares and four real estate properties for a value of
nearly 38 million euros, investigative sources said.
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