22 USC § 8904 - Recovery of assets linked to governmental corruption in Ukraine

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s8904"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 8904 - Recovery of assets linked to governmental corruption in Ukraine"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "8904"
section_name: "Recovery of assets linked to governmental corruption in Ukraine"
chapter_number: 96
chapter_name: "SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY, DEMOCRACY, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OF UKRAINE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–95, § 5, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1090.)"
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# § 8904. Recovery of assets linked to governmental corruption in Ukraine

**(a)** **Asset recovery** 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)** **Coordination** 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)** **Investigative assistance** 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)** **Priority assigned** 31 U.S.C. 5311

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 ( note).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–95, § 5, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1090.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

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 , which is set out as a note under , Money and Finance.