Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko met with Attorney-General of Cyprus Costas Clerides

On September 5, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, being on a business trip to the Republic of Cyprus, met with Attorney General of Cyprus Costas Clerides in the city of Nicosia. The sides discussed the state of cooperation between law enforcement agencies of the two countries, the press service of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office reports.

“The Prosecutor General of Ukraine noted that the existing Memorandum of cooperation between the departments is a powerful basis for fruitful cooperation of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine with the Law Office of Cyprus,” reads a report.

The participants in the meeting also agreed on further directions of joint efforts in countering corruption and money laundering, in particular, during the investigation into crimes committed by former senior officials of Ukraine and their environment

In addition, the issue of mutual support in combating cross-border organized crime was also discussed.

iy