Even border guards helping illegal migrants are imprisoned for two years in Transcarpathia

30-11-2010

A sentence of Vynohradovo Court of Transcarpathian region came into force concerning the criminal case instituted by Investigation Department of SSU as to a former border guard who participated in trafficking of citizens of Moldova through Ukrainian-Hungarian border.

In March 2009, 33-year-old officer of Mukachevo Border Detachment acquainted with Moldavians being on duty who were detained for attempt on illegal cross of the border.

They reached agreement on organization of border cross to Hungarian Republic for € 1 thousand.

In April illegal migrants and organizer of a deal were arrested by officers of SSU. The violators were convicted to be guilty by the court sentence in realizing the crime foreseen by Part 1 Article 332 of Crime Code of Ukraine and penalty was inflicted in the form of imprisonment for the term of two years.

Source: http://ua-reporter.com/novosti/98748