§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance the UK has been asked to render to the Russian Government in tracing illegal currency transfers out of Russia. [59275]
§ Kate Hoey[holding answer 10 November 1998]: I have been asked to reply.
Earlier this year, the National Criminal Intelligence Service received a request from the Russian Interior Ministry for assistance in tracing assets suspected of being linked to organised crime. The request was made in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding concluded during a visit to London on 18 June 1998 by the Russian Interior Minister, Sergei Stepashin.