In Lviv region, an indictment has been submitted to court against a 44-year-old resident of Rivne region, who is accused of attempting to illegally transport a conscription-liable man to Poland through a checkpoint on the border with the European Union.
According to the investigation, for a monetary reward, the man, who had previously already been held criminally liable, attempted under martial law to take a conscription-liable man out of Ukraine in a specially equipped hiding place in his cargo minibus. The hiding place was arranged between the rear passenger seats and the luggage compartment.
The individual was exposed by operatives of the Strategic Investigations Department in Lviv region together with investigators of Police Station No. 2 of the Sheptytskyi District Police Department and servicemen of the 7th Carpathian Border Detachment, under the procedural guidance of the Sheptytskyi District Prosecutor’s Office.
On 15 July, law enforcement officers detained the suspect under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine at one of the checkpoints in Lviv region. In a specially equipped hiding place behind the rear seat in the cab of the minibus, they found a conscription-liable citizen who was being illegally taken abroad.
The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings initiated under Part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine) has been completed, and the indictment has been submitted to court. Under the article in question, the accused faces a sentence of imprisonment for a term of seven to nine years, with disqualification from holding certain positions or engaging in certain activities for up to three years, with confiscation of property.