The NBU prohibited banks and non-bank financial institutions from taking goods that could be used for military purposes as collateral from individuals.
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In particular, we are talking about unmanned aerial vehicles, night vision devices, thermal imagers, etc. The ban was introduced in pursuance of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to counter the negative consequences of online gambling, which was put into effect by President Vladimir Zelensky. This was reported by the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine.
We are talking about goods that can be used for military purposes and are included in the unified list of dual-use goods in the annex to the procedure for exercising state control over international transfers of dual-use goods, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated January 28, 2004 No. 86 (as amended), – noted in the bank.
Let us remind you that the Bureau of Economic Security stated that they were conducting an investigation into the fact of evasion of payment of more than 1 billion UAH. taxes by the famous gambling organizer of the Cosmolot casino.
Alexey Leonov, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance and Customs Policy, stated that Ukrainians spend almost 400 million UAH in online casinos every day.
And on April 28, more than 2,500 sites were blocked in Ukraine that hosted gambling or hosted online casino resources without the appropriate license. Law enforcement officers are investigating more than 450 criminal offenses related to the illegal organization of gambling.
Source: Racurs
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