§8904 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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Require the Secretary of State, working with the Attorney General and the Treasury Secretary, to help Ukraine quickly find, protect, and get back money or property tied to corruption by Viktor Yanukovych, his family, other past or present Ukrainian officials, or their helpers, in any country. They must use appropriate programs, for example the Department of Justice’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. All recovery work must be coordinated with relevant bilateral and multilateral groups, such as the Egmont Group, the World Bank’s Stolen Asset Recovery effort, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the Camden Asset Recovery Inter‑Agency Network, and INTERPOL’s Global Focal Point. The Secretary of State and Attorney General must also give fast investigative help and training to Ukraine, the European Union, and other countries. The Treasury Secretary must ensure FinCEN helps under section 314(a) of the USA PATRIOT Act (31 U.S.C. 5311 note).

Title 22, §8904

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(a)The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall assist, on an expedited basis as appropriate, the Government of Ukraine to identify, secure, and recover assets linked to acts of corruption by Viktor Yanukovych, members of his family, or other former or current officials of the Government of Ukraine or their accomplices in any jurisdiction through appropriate programs, including the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative of the Department of Justice.

(b)Any asset recovery efforts undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) shall be coordinated through the relevant bilateral or multilateral entities, including, as appropriate, the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative of the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Camden Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network, and the Global Focal Point Initiative of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).

(c)The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall assist the Government of Ukraine, the European Union, and other appropriate countries, on an expedited basis, with formal and informal investigative assistance and training, as appropriate, to support the identification, seizure, and return to the Government of Ukraine of assets linked to acts of corruption.

(d)The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury assists the Government of Ukraine, the European Union, and other appropriate countries under section 314(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5311 note).

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section 314(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 314(a) of Pub. L. 107–56, which is set out as a note under section 5311 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§8904 Recovery of Assets Linked to Governmental Corruption in Ukraine

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