Under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a 52-year-old man was exposed and notified of suspicion for organizing the illegal transportation of a person of draft age across the state border of Ukraine (Part 3, Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, the suspect set up a scheme for illegal border crossing by persons subject to mobilization, on the basis of entering information about them into the “Shlyah” system as volunteer drivers, giving the right to leave Ukraine under martial law. The defendant estimated his services at USD 6,500 per person.
He was detained in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine after receiving part of the funds in the amount of 3,000 US dollars.
The pre-trial investigation is carried out by investigators of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine in the Lviv region, under the operational support of the Strategic Investigations Department in the Lviv region of the National Police of Ukraine.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.
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