'Kept in Handcuffs for 28 Hours' - Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Slams Hungary for Torturing Oschadbank Couriers
Source: Kyiv Post
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA) has reported a series of procedural and international law violations by Hungarian authorities during the March 5 detention of seven state-owned Oschadbank employees.
According to the MFA, the interception took place on the Budapest ring road and was carried out by Hungary’s Counter-Terrorism Centre (TEK). The convoy was transporting cash and gold from Raiffeisen Bank International AG in Vienna to Kyiv under an international contract. The ministry stated that despite the shipment being documented according to European customs procedures and the staff being unarmed, the detention involved the use of an armored personnel carrier.
Oschadbank has confirmed the details of the statement to Kyiv Post. Earlier, the bank stated that while the staff returned to Ukraine on March 6, two armored vehicles and assets totaling approximately $79 million remain in Hungary.
“Hungarian law enforcement officers did everything possible to deprive the detained Ukrainians of any support. The detainees were subjected to psychological and physical pressure,” the MFA stated according to a publication on its website.
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The Ukrainians were traveling through Europe legally. In addition to the psychological and physical abuse from the Hungarians, this is kidnapping and theft. Orban is a criminal, joined at the hip to Putin.
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