In era of digital banking, Ukraine transports tens of millions in cash and gold by armored vehicle

—but it’s totally not money laundering

 by Olivia Murray

In an era of digital banking, Ukraine has been discovered to be transporting tens of millions in cash and gold by discreet armored vehicles throughout Europe. Naturally, the suspicion is money laundering, which is highly likely considering the nation; more likely yet considering how much of the American taxpayers’ dollars have gone “missing,” coincidentally finding its way into the bank accounts of Ukraine’s political class, or back into the political coffers of Washington D.C., funding both Democrats and Republicans.

Anyway, here’s the story, from Thomas Brooke at Remix News:

Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) confirmed on Friday that criminal proceedings had been launched on suspicion of money laundering following an operation carried out on March 5. Authorities intercepted two armored cash-transport vehicles traveling through Hungary from Austria toward Ukraine.

According to the Hungarian authorities, the vehicles were carrying approximately $40 million, €35 million in cash, and 9 kilograms of gold.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said the case raised serious questions about the movement of large quantities of physical cash through the country.

‘Since January, a total of $900 million and €420 million in cash has been transported through Hungary, and 146 kilograms of gold bars have also been transported through the country,’ he said, as cited by Magyar Hírlap.

As Szijjártó rightly wondered, if this really is a legitimate transfer of funds, why not opt for a more secure transaction?

‘First of all, this is a huge amount of cash, and we wonder why Ukrainians need to transport such a large amount of cash. If it is true that this is a transaction between banks, then the question rightly arises as to why the banks do not settle this between themselves by bank transfer, why it is necessary to transport such a large amount of cash, and why it has to be transported through Hungary….’

Driving tens of millions in cash and gold through a war-torn country? Seems shockingly implausible.

As a parent, I’m routinely awed at some of the explanations my 14-year-old son comes up with when my suspicion arises over occasional circumstances—whether it’s why he didn’t do his math, or why he didn’t check in after riding with friends to a baseball game—because I feel like he should have the awareness to identify the staggering unbelievability of whatever excuse he’s offering. You didn’t go to the math study hour because the teacher said you should be spending the hour hitting baseballs in the batting cages instead? (That was a recent one.) Yeah, right.

I get the same feeling here, when I hear Ukraine alleging that in a world of fast, secure, and easy digital banking, they’re opting to conduct physical transfers through a war-ravaged landscape—in a break from tradition, they’re totally not laundering money for nefarious purposes.

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