10-11- 2014

Border guards of Lviv Detachment detained the next “happiness seakers” trying to cross Ukrainian-Polish border in illegal way. The travelers were stopped in the area of Border Department “Rava Ruska”.

Border detail noticed unfamiliar persons moving towards the state border nearby the old railway station and stopped the trespassers. The detainees told that they were the citizens of Bangladesh, however they had just ID-cards of the citizens of Romania. Besides, they had some clothes and footwear to change, cell phones and medicines. The detainees explained that they have made their way to EU countries aiming at employment.

So far, the violators are delivered to the border subdivision to establish the circumstances of the violation and prepare administrative and procedural documents. Decision on their responsibility before the law will be defined by the court.

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_5296.htm

10-11-2014

In Transcarpathia border guards of BS “Knyaginya” of Chop Detachment detained 7 citizens of Palestine, 5 of them were children. It was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. In the course of realization of special actions on counteraction to illegal migration only for the last weekend border guards of Chop, Mostytskyi and Lvov Detachments detected 16 illegal migrants.

All detainees intended to get to the countries of European Union in illegal way.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/159330

10-11-2014

Special subdivision of Security Service of Ukraine in Transcarpathian region detected and liquidated the channel of illegal migration of the foreign citizens through the state border of Ukraine.

It was established that the group of the malefactors had transnational relations in the countries of Asia and Africa, they smuggled illegally the migrants from the countries to the Western Europe.

In the course of the special operation SSU detained four members of the criminal grouping, when they were transporting 12 citizens of Afghanistan and 4 citizens of Syria to the area of the state border on Slovakia.

The investigation goes on in the frames of the criminal proceeding as to Part 2 Article 332 of Crime Code of Ukraine (illegal transportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine).

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/159335

09-11-2014

Transcarpathia borders on four European countries – Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Poland, thus it is territory of increased migration activity, including so-called shady.

Namely, there is accumulation and formation of groups of the illegal migrants in Transcarpathia with their further smuggling over the state border of Ukraine. This year almost 100 persons were apprehended as illegal migrants.

According to the results of operative and preventive measures, 94 illegal migrants were detained in Transcarpathia. Migration Service of the region made 19 decisions about foreigners’ refoulement to the countries of their origin (7 citizens of Russian Federation, 3 – Armenia, 3 – Azerbaijan, 2 – Hungary, 2 – Georgia, by one from Italy and Uzbekistan), 11 prohibited the entrance to the country. Besides, 273 persons were detected and incurred to administrative liability for committed violation of the rules on stay in Ukraine, including 175 citizens of Russian Federation. Three acts of the foreigners’ violation of the established establishment order. Also, 128 physical persons are incurred to administrative liability, inviting the foreigners and assisting them with the accommodation.
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Transit smuggling of illegal migrants gains momentums at the present time. According to the information of the experts, tens if not hundreds illegal migrants are transported through the Transcarpathian area of Ukrainian border during the day. Corresponding services apprehended not more than one percent, aiming at reporting.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/159284

06-11-2014

In the frames of actions on border security reinforcement, border guards of Chop Detachment together with SSU officers apprehended two groups of illegal migrants. One of the groups moving towards the state border by two cars was stopped in the area of the check point “Novoselytsya” in the suburb of the populated area Perechyn at about 08 p.m.

The car was driven by Ukrainians. They transported 5 citizens of Afghanistan and 4 citizens of Syria (5 men, 2 women and 2 children).

Already in 1,5 hour, two more cars were stopped in the area of BS “Guta” in the direction of the populated area Velykyi Bereznyi.

There were 3 men and 4 women in the car driven by the citizens of Ukraine. According to the words of the detainees, it was learned that they were the citizens of Afghanistan.

Detainees were delivered to border subdivision to undertake verifying measures and process administrative and procedural documents.

The circumstances of the violation and persons involved in this crime are under the establishment…

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/159135

05-11-2014

The resident of Transcarpathia is sentenced to three years of imprisonment intending to smuggle the citizen of Moldova to Ukraine…

Regional Public Prosecution Department supported the state prosecution in the criminal case concerning the citizen L., who committed the crime stipulated by Part 1 Article 332 of Crime Code of Ukraine (illegal transportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine).

As it was reported by Aleksandr Vasilchenko, the chief of Department of supervision of adherence to laws by the bodies of Security Service of Ukraine, State Customs Service and State Border Guard Service, it was proved that Transcarpathian citizen agreed and organized the delivery of 29-year-old citizen of Moldova to the territory of Ukraine without passport control undergoing, as Moldavian lost his documents, on the grounds of collected evidences by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the court.

However, the foreigner was found by the staff of Border and Customs Services of Ukraine in the course of car examination belonging to the Transcarpathian.

Therefore, the court, considering the collected evidences, sentenced the accused person to three years of imprisonment with dismissal on the basis of Article 75 of CCU and enduring the punishment with probation period for one year.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/159034

05-11-2014

In the airport “Boryspil”, border guards of separate check point “Kyiv” detected 4 forged documents during the passport control of the passengers arrived from Istanbul. Four Syrians intended to use the forgeries. Two of them had forged passports of the citizens of Finland, one – of Germany and one – of Syria. The passengers planned to get to Germany through Ukraine.However, after explanations on forgery origin and processing of administrative protocols, the travelers had to return by fly back to the country of origin.

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ru/about/news/news_5263.htm

04-11-2014

The government of Ukraine deported 14 Georgians, handing the “guests” into the ferry “Grayswald” departing to Poti from the seaport of Ilichevsk nearby Odessa  …

Before, these citizens of Georgia were detained in Transcarpathia during the attempt of illegal cross of the border to Slovakia, and then to Austria.

Altogether, since the beginning of the current year Ukrainian border guards deported about 4.5 thousand migrants, of them about 400 persons were the citizens of Georgia.

It was reported by Media Relations Department of State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/158972

30-10-2014

Transcarpathian law enforcement agents together with the staff of Mukachevo Border Guard Detachment conduct a joint operative and preventive operation “October-2014” these days.

The aim of this operation is to counteract the smuggling of the illegal migrants through the state border of Ukraine.

The policemen of State Traffic Patrol in Nyzhni Vorota, Transcarpathian region together with the staff of Special Investigative Techniques Department of Mukachevo Border Guard Detachment and agents of the Police Fight Human Trafficking Department apprehended two illegal migrants from the far Vietnam.

They were delivered to Transcarpathia by the car driven by Lviv cabman. Later on, the local dealer intended to take these migrants from Asia over the state border of Ukraine to the Western Europe.

Source:  http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/158697

27-10-2014

SSU of Transcarpathian region liquidated the channel of illegal transportation of persons through the state border…

It was established that the criminal grouping consisted of the resident of Ivano-Frankisvk and two inhabitants of Transcarpathia.

The violators made forgeries of the documents and provided the migrants with clear instruction concerning the border cross.

On October 18, the staff of SSU in Ivano-Frankivks region made two operations stopping the illegal cross of the state border of Ukraine.

Two citizens of Ukraine were apprehended at the border post “Uzhgorod” – the executors of the false documents and a violator returning from the border area with forged passport.

At the same time, in Berehovo, Transcarpathian region the law enforcement agent detained the resident of Ivano-Frankivsk region – the third member of the criminal grouping.

After the searches made at the place of the suspected persons, a great amount of forms of birth and marriage certificates, passports of the citizens of Ukraine, Ukrainian passports for travelling abroad, a sufficient quantity of the form of various state establishments were found.

On October 20, SSU investigators suspected the violators in crime commitment stipulated by Part 2 Article 332 of Crime Code of Ukraine. The degree of guilty concerning each violator will be defined by the court.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/158539