Under the procedural supervision of prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, an indictment against two members of an organised group for illegal logging and transportation of timber (Part 3 of Article 28, Part 4 of Article 246 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) was submitted to the court. As for the third member, the pre-trial investigation materials were separated into a separate proceeding in connection with the latter’s being put on the wanted list.
The investigation established that during June-July 2023, the defendants carried out unauthorised felling and transportation of oak and pine wood on the territory of the nature reserve fund of the Yavoriv National Nature Park.
The organised group consisted of a feller (logger), an inspector of the above-mentioned nature reserve fund and a resident of Lviv.
They planned to sell the felled timber in the future.
These actions caused UAH 2.2 million in losses to the state.
A civil lawsuit was filed against the defendants to compensate for the damage.
The pre-trial investigation was carried out by investigators of the Main Department of the National Police in Lviv region, with operational support provided by the Strategic Investigations Department in Lviv region of the State Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine.
Note: In accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved by law and established by a court verdict of guilty.
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