Kyiv police have detained a resident of the Kyiv region. According to the case materials, he organized a scheme for illegal departure of men of military age abroad.
This was reported today, May 5, by the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Kyiv.
The investigation established that the suspect said that he had connections and the ability to organize unhindered departure through controlled sections of the border towards Moldova.
“The cost of such “services” was $23,000 per person. During the investigation, at least 5 facts of organizing a “transfer” were established,” the report says.
Law enforcement officers detained the suspect, and during the searches, they seized money, mobile phones, forged documents, including forms for identification and certificates, as well as weapons – a hunting rifle and a shotgun with ammunition.
The man was informed of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 332 Illegal smuggling of persons across the state border of Ukraine of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. He was chosen as a preventive measure. The sanction of the article provides for up to 9 years in prison. Currently, the police are establishing the circle of citizens involved and possible accomplices.
It was previously reported that a scheme for issuing fictitious documents was uncovered in Kyiv. The scheme involved caring for relatives, which allowed them to get a deferment from mobilization and travel abroad. A couple of lawyers and an employee of the district state administration are suspected.
A man suspected of organizing illegal travel abroad to avoid mobilization was also detained in the capital. According to the case materials, the suspect promised a man of draft age unhindered border crossing as a clergyman for $10,000.