00:01Ukraine's Oshad Bank is demanding the immediate return of cash and gold confiscated by Hungarian authorities last week,
00:08lawyers representing the bank in Hungary told Euronews.
00:12The incident triggered a diplomatic row after Hungarian police raided a convoy of cash careers near Budapest
00:19and seized 40 million dollars, 35 million euros and 9 kilograms of gold.
00:26Hungary expelled seven Ukrainian nationals accompanying the transport the following day
00:31and opened an investigation into suspected money laundering.
00:35The seven Ukrainian nationals have been banned from the Schengen area and the broader European Union for three years, according
00:42to the law firm.
00:44The lawyers told Euronews that the Ukrainian vehicles were carrying out a routine transfer from Austria's Raiffeisen Bank to Oshad
00:52Bank's headquarters in Kiev.
00:54Ukrainian Foreign Minister Henry Sibiha accused Hungary of kidnapping and state terrorism while his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Siharto, said the
01:04funds could be linked to criminal activities.
01:07Hungary's Minister for Construction and Transport suggested the funds could have been intended to finance opposition parties ahead of Hungarian
01:16elections.
01:17Hungary's Minister for fans.
01:20Hungary's Minister for 전
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