Organiser of illegal smuggling of men abroad exposed in Dnipropetrovsk region. PHOTO
Servicemen from the Eastern Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in cooperation with investigators from the National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), and under the procedural supervision of the Left Bank District Prosecutor’s Office in Dnipro, have uncovered and dismantled a network involved in the illegal smuggling of people across the state border.
This was reported by Censor.NET, citing the press centre of the State Border Guard Service.
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Law enforcement officers established that the illegal activity was organised by a 48-year-old resident of Kamianske. The man sought out citizens of conscription age who intended to leave Ukraine illegally.
According to the organiser’s plan, he would first transport his "clients" to the Ivano-Frankivsk region and accommodate them in local hotels. Once a group had been formed, the suspect would take the men to the border area, from where they were to cross the border on foot outside the designated border crossing points. The organiser charged 10,000 euros per person for his ‘services’.
On 9 November, whilst travelling by car from Kamianske towards the western regions together with one of the suspect’s ‘clients’, he was arrested whilst receiving the agreed sum of illicit gain.
During authorised searches, law enforcement officers discovered and seized a vehicle, mobile phones, a laptop, draft notes, and cash totalling nearly 29,000 euros.
The suspect has now been informed that he is suspected of committing a criminal offence. The issue of imposing a preventive measure in the form of remand in custody is currently being considered.
