Under the procedural leadership of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a pre-trial investigation was completed and an indictment was sent to the court against a 25-year-old Lviv resident for the fact of illegally transporting persons across the state border of Ukraine (Part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that the suspect organized illegal border crossing for persons subject to mobilization. The man promised to transport a conscript across the state border on the basis of forged documents about studying at a higher educational institution of the Republic of Poland. He estimated his services at $4,000.
The accused was detained in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine when receiving a deposit in the amount of USD 2,000.
The pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings was carried out by the investigators of the State Department of Internal Affairs in the Lviv region under the operational support of the SBU Office in the Lviv region.
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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