Special confiscation of assets within criminal proceeding

by Volodymyr Yefymenko

Causes of special confiscation and its order are regulated by the following:

Article 96-1, 96-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;

Article 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine (referring to the seizure of property);

Article 100 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine (referring to physical evidences).

Special confiscation is compulsory uncompensated seizure by the court to the state ownership of money, valuables and other property in cases provided for in the Criminal Code of Ukraine subject to the commission of a crime or a socially dangerous act in cases provided for in the Special Part of this Code for which primary punishment in the form of imprisonment or penalty exceeding three thousand personal exemptions is provided, as well as for a range of crimes for committing which such punishment is not provided, however, they can be a subject of special confiscation (the list is given in the Article 96-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)

Back to Rozetka v. Kyivstar Story

by Artem Taranowski

It’s been several months now since the e-commerce related story of Rozetka v. Kyivstar went public.

Then in August, a number of users being provided with internet access services by Kyivstar have experienced quite an effect. Having visited Rozetka Online Store’s website they saw Kyivstar Online Store’s full-screen size ad popped up.

Now, when the noise have almost faded away, let’s see why the story is really important beyond the e-commerce aspect.