The perpetrator was exposed by the employees of the department of investigation of crimes in the field of economic and service activities of the investigative department of the police of the Lviv region together with operatives of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Lviv region, under the procedural guidance of the Lviv regional prosecutor’s office.
As the law enforcement officers established, a 52-year-old resident of one of the villages of the Lviv district undertook to organize the crossing of the state border for a conscripted citizen of Ukraine for 5,000 US dollars by fictitiously registering him for a position in which his stay provides such an opportunity.
On February 1, law enforcement officers detained the perpetrator in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine while receiving part of the funds from the “client” as a deposit.
The investigators informed the detainee of the suspicion of committing a crime stipulated in Part 3 of Article 332 (Illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment – deprivation of liberty for a period of seven to nine years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years with confiscation of property.
The court chose a preventive measure for the suspect – detention.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police