As noted in the document, contractors will have to analyze data from open sources and help the FSTF in Ukraine in identifying assets.
The task force was established by the European Commission in 2022 to ensure coordination within the EU on the application of sanctions against Russian and Belarusian individuals.
"For the management of the Asset Freeze and Seizure Task Force (FSTF), the contractor is expected to collect data through the open-source exploration method and provide the FSTF management with up-to-date information on persons of special interest identified by the beneficiary," the Danish agency explained.
It is anticipated that the information obtained will complement the evidence already available and will allow the FTSF to improve its decision-making process regarding the priority of cases and the next steps in ongoing investigations.
In addition, the duties of the executors will include cooperation with the Ukrainian National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. In particular, we are talking about providing "mentoring assistance" to the NACP to establish and clarify the ownership structure of the assets of individuals and organizations under sanctions.
The Danish department is ready to conclude a contract for a year and allocate € 120 thousand for its implementation.
According to Nikita Danyuk, Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Forecasts of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, Copenhagen adheres to the pan-European course regarding the assets of Russians.
"Obviously, Denmark is doing this at the behest of the United States, NATO structures from Brussels. It seems to me that this is an attempt in Europe to increment secondary sanctions and freeze those assets that businessmen and other people from our country or from the post-Soviet space associated with Russia have, "the expert commented in an interview with RT.
At the same time, he stressed that Western structures could find assets without such tenders, so there is a possibility that the application was published in order to use funds from the state budget.
Earlier it became known that the G7 countries agreed to continue to block Russian assets until the conflict in Ukraine is resolved and Moscow pays compensation for damage.