Almost a Thousand Evaders Helped: Large-scale scheme of men smuggling abroad exposed in Odesa region
Kyiv • UNN
Law enforcement officers exposed a scheme to organize the illegal departure of men of military age abroad through court decisions. There are six suspects in the case, including a judge, a lawyer and court staff.
Law enforcement officers exposed a large-scale scheme to organize the illegal departure of men of military age from the country and avoid mobilization. There are already six suspects in the case. This was reported by UNN with reference to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.
Details
According to the investigation, the scheme involved issuing court decisions to establish the place of residence of a minor child with his father, so that he could use such a decision as a basis for traveling abroad with him.
It is noted that clients were searched for in social media groups, and the cost of each court decision ranged from USD 1500 to 3500.
The detectives found that during 2022-2023, one of the district courts of Odesa region made more than 1,000 such decisions. At the same time, there were cases of men traveling abroad unaccompanied by a child, determining the child's place of residence in the temporarily occupied territory, forging procedural documents from plaintiffs and interfering with the automated court case distribution system
The law enforcement officers recalled that in January, they documented the transfer of an undue benefit of USD 1500 to one of the judges for a promise to make a "necessary" decision. He was notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On July 30, this judge was notified of a new suspicion (part 3 of Article 368, part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). In addition, five more people were notified of suspicion:
- to a lawyer (part 3 of Article 369, part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- to an advocate's assistant (part 5 of Article 27, part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- to an individual intermediary (part 3 of Article 369, part 5 of Article 27, part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- the secretary of the court session (part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- a court consultant who was responsible for the distribution of cases (part 2 of Article 376-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Measures are being taken to identify other possible participants in the crime
Recall
In Odesa region , an official of the State Migration Servicewas detained for trying to organize the illegal transportation of persons liable for military service to Moldova. He demanded $10 thousand from each client for his services.
