Law enforcers detain offender in Lviv who organized smuggling of a person liable for military service across the border
It was established that in exchange for EUR 19 thousand, a 51-year-old Lviv resident promised to illegally smuggle a man of military age across the state border of Ukraine outside checkpoints.
The offender was exposed by investigators of the General Criminal Investigation Department of the Lviv Police Investigation Department jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv region, under the procedural supervision of the Specialized Defense Prosecutor’s Office of the Western Region.
Law enforcement officers detained him in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine after receiving funds from a “client” in the amount of 19 thousand euros.
Police investigators served the detainee a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Art. 332 (Illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of seven to nine years with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years with confiscation of property. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and the court has chosen a custodial measure of restraint in the form of detention with the possibility of bail.