Zaporizzhya: SBU dismantles channel of illegal transportation to Russia
Kyiv • UNN
In Zaporizhzhia, the SBU dismantled an illegal transportation channel used to transport collaborators and others between Russia and the occupied regions of Ukraine for USD 350 per trip. Three suspects related to this operation were charged under the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
SBU blocks a channel of illegal passenger transportation a channel of illegal passenger transportation to and from Russia and the temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia. and vice versa. This was reported by the SBU press service, UNN reports.
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According to the case, among the clients of the clandestine flights were collaborators, who tried to travel to Russia to escape justice.
It is noted that illegal trips outside Ukraine were carried out by two buses under the guise of commercial activity of a local motor transport of a local transportation company. It was established that the route towards Russia ran through several European countries. European countries.
For unimpeded movement through the territory of the aggressor country, the defendants paid taxes and fees to the Russian budget.
The final "destination" of illegal transportation was the temporarily the temporarily occupied areas in the east and south of Ukraine, where the buses entered from from the territory of Russia. The cost of a ticket for such a trip was 350 US dollars one way.
To travel through the temporarily occupied territories of our country, the perpetrators cooperated with representatives of the local occupation administrations.
In addition, the defendants received "orders" from the Russian invaders for to smuggle their accomplices from the territory controlled by Ukraine.
A resident of the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia wanted to use this illegal "traffic" to "help" the aggressor hold pseudo-elections to the local "legislative assembly of the Russian Federation". Later, the offender went to Vinnytsia region to hide the money she received from the invaders for holding a fake plebiscite with her relatives. After that, she was going to order a "return ticket" through the involved carriers. However, the SBU officers exposed the collaborator in time and detained her,
As the investigation established, the illegal transportation was organized by a resident of Zaporizhzhia, who had previously served a sentence for robbery. According to available data, the dealers "earned" up to UAH 1 million per month.
Currently, all three defendants have been notified of suspicion under Art. 2, 3 Art. 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
