US Ambassador Deborah-Mae Lovell signing the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Ukrainian ambassador Oleh Shamshur in Washington D.C. (Photo courtesy Maurice Merchant)
Antigua and Barbuda has entered into a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the Ukraine on combating money laundering and terrorism. Signing the treaty were US Ambassador Deborah-Mae Lovell and her Ukrainian counterpart Oleh Shamshur last Thursday. The signing ceremony, held at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, D.C., and was also attended by Mykola V. Onishchuk, Minister of Justice of Ukraine.
The signing of the treaty, the culmination of negotiations which commenced in 2002, will enhance the ability of both countries in their fight against money laundering, terrorism and the financing of terrorism, a press release stated.
In her remarks, Ambassador Lovell noted, “ today’s ceremony should serve as a reminder and a warning to all those persons who would misappropriate state funds for personal use, that Antigua and Barbuda is not a place where such persons are welcome.”
“Persons who commit such acts will be exposed and the money confiscated,” the ambassador concluded. Minister Onishchuk expressed the satisfaction of his government that negotiations had been successfully completed.
“The signing of this treaty is a demonstration of the shared will of Antigua and Barbuda and Ukraine to co-operate in the investigation, prosecution and prevention of crimes in both countries,” the minister said. Through agreement between the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the Ukraine, this Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters will enter into force when negotiations on an Assets Sharing Agreement are concluded.
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