$82 Million Stash Held Up by Orban Is Regular Money Transport

Ukrainian trucks detained by Hungarian officers carrying about $82 million of gold, euro and dollar bank notes was part of a regular transport to meet cash needs of companies and citizens in the war-torn country, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trucks leave western Europe, and particularly Austria, as often as once a week to supply cash to Ukrainian financial institutions, the people with knowledge of the deliveries told Bloomberg, asking not to be named discussing private transactions.