They sold humanitarian women for 9 million hryvnias, traded weapons and helped with entry abroad: law enforcement exposed a criminal group
Law enforcement officers exposed the participants of the criminal organization and collected evidence of their illegal activities in Rivne region. The group was organized by a 45-year-old entrepreneur. He attracted eight accomplices between the ages of 24 and 71.
The criminal business was built on the sale of humanitarian aid, the sale of weapons and the “scheme” of the departure of conscript men abroad. The organizer clearly distributes functions between accomplices: receiving humanitarian goods, transporting them to storage sites, unloading, sorting and storage, as well as direct sale of aid.
In addition, the attackers forged documents, according to which military ammunition, clothing, medical drugs, cars are allegedly received by charitable organizations. Instead of transferring it to philanthropists, the humanitarian received in this way was kept in warehouses. In the future, they sold these goods to citizens for money. The amount of profit received is almost 9 million hryvnias. Some of the criminal funds were legalized by purchasing several cars for their own use.
In addition, in the framework of this criminal proceedings, facts of illegal sale of weapons, ammunition for it and explosives were documented. Dealers also helped citizens of conscription age to go abroad.
During the searches, law enforcement officers seized humanitarian aid goods and vehicles worth more than 11 million hryvnias from the defendants. Weapons, narcotic substances, amber were also seized.
To the organizer and his accomplices, depending on the role and participation in the criminal business, the police reported suspicions under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
- Article 201-2 (attempt to sell and sell goods (items) of humanitarian aid in order to obtain profits committed in a particularly large amount, during martial law); - art. 209 (legalization (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means); - art. 240-1 (illegal extraction, sale, acquisition, transfer, shipment, transportation, processing of amber); - art.
255 (creation of a criminal organization, leadership of such an organization or its structural parts, as well as participation in it); - Art. 263 (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives);
- Art. 309 (illegal acquisition and storage of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in particularly large quantities);
- Article 332 (illegal transfer of persons across the state border of Ukraine, committed under the conditions of martial law by an organized group of persons).
The pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings has been completed, the indictment was sent to the court in agreement with the Rivne Regional Prosecutor's Office. For the crime, the defendants may face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
National Police of Ukraine
