§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have received requests from the Central Bank of Cyprus, the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal or other parties for help in tracing and freezing assets belonging to Yugoslavia, Serbia or the Milosevic family. [HL1369]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)Her Majesty's Government have not received any request from the Central Bank of Cyprus for help in tracing assets belonging to either the FRY or Serbian governments or to any FRY national. Her Majesty's Government have received a request from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to trace assets in the UK belonging to Milosevic and four other persons indicted by the tribunal. We have informed the tribunal that no such assets have been traced (assets belonging to Milosevic, immediate members of his family and other individuals are also liable to be frozen under EU sanctions regulations). The UK has made it clear to the FRY authorities that we are willing to co-operate as appropriate with its efforts to trace misappropriated assets.