13-08-2012

In Transcarpathia SSU completed pre-trial inquest in criminal case as to the citizen of Turkey, who intended to smuggle repeatedly illegal migrants through the state border. 

On August 8, inspectors of Administration of SSU in Transcarpathian region directed criminal case to the court commenced against the citizen of Turkey, who intended to smuggle four illegal migrants through Ukrainian-Slovakian state border.

As it was established, in 2009 foreigners was already sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment for illegal transportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine and falsification of documents. However, by the court decision he was released pre-term and expelled from Ukraine.

In June of the current year, he turned to organize illegal transportation of two country fellows and two Syrians by transit through Ukraine to EU. As malefactor was forbidden to enter Ukraine, he used forged passport on different name.

The organizer with the group of illegal migrants got to Ukraine through Odessa and Lviv by different means of transport. In order to smuggle illegal migrants beyond the check point at Ukrainian-Slovakian state border, the malefactor took a taxi.

Law enforcement agents detained the violator at the road nearby the settlements Tarnivtsi-Kontsovo, Uzhgorod district, which is 1,5 km before the border of Ukraine on Slovakian Republic.

Concerning the citizen of Turkey, SSU inspectors in Transcarpathian region commenced a criminal case according to Part 3 Article 332 (illegal transportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine) and Part 4 Article 358 (falsification of documents, seals, stamps and blanks, realization or use of forged documents, seals, stamps) of Crime Code of Ukraine. The criminal is threatened wit 7 to 9 years of imprisonment.

Source: http://zaholovok.com.ua/na-zakarpatti-suditimut-turka-za-perepravlennya-nelegaliv-do-slovachchini