From $6,000 to $10,000 per person: two illegal channels for smuggling men abroad were blocked in Odesa region. PHOTOS
In Odesa region, law enforcement officers exposed the organisers and stopped two schemes of illegal border crossing.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported by the National Police of Ukraine.
The investigation established that residents of Odesa and Cherkasy regions aged 20 to 57 were involved in organising the illegal departure from the country. According to the agreed plan, each member of the group was responsible for the direction entrusted to him.
After finding "clients" who wanted to evade the draft and illegally leave Ukraine, the dealers contacted men of military age through closed messenger groups and set up a meeting place and time. The group members then drove the men in their own cars to a village near the border, where they waited for further instructions from the transfer organisers. The groups crossed the border bypassing the official checkpoints after a detailed briefing by the participants.
The dealers valued their services at between $6,000 and $10,000 each. The money received from the "clients" was distributed among all the defendants.
According to preliminary information, after crossing the border into Moldova and the "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (RMR) ", men wishing to avoid service in the Armed Forces were met by organisers of the illegal crossing, who left the country and started a "business" after the start of the full-scale invasion.
Police officers jointly with the State Border Guard Service conducted measures to detain members of two criminal groups. Thus, at a distance of 200 metres from the state line of demarcation with the unrecognised PMR, two suspects were detained red-handed while transporting two "clients" outside official checkpoints. On the same day, a member of another group was detained near the border with Moldova, acting as a driver-carrier for $200.
In the course of further measures, law enforcement officers detained other persons involved in organising illegal international transfers.
In total, in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, the police detained seven suspects and served them suspicion notices under Part 3 of Article 332 (Illegal transfer of persons across the state border of Ukraine) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The offenders face up to nine years in prison with confiscation of property.
