14-08-2018
Four unknown persons, who tried to overcome the barrage fence of the state border, were noticed by the border guards of Mobile Group “Mostyska”. The response team of the BD “Smilnica” apprehended the foreigners 500 meters before the border. The men aged 18 to 40 had passport documents of the Turkish citizens. Also, it was established that the foreigners arrived to the territory of Ukraine in legal way.
Currently, the offenders are held in the special premise of the BD “Smilnytsya”, where the circumstances of their illegal trip are being established. The detainees will have to bear administrative responsibility for their attempt to cross the state border.
When checking in the passengers arrived from Turkey, three UK citizens came for the passport control. However, the inspector had some doubts about the authenticity of their documents. During the detailed check of the passports it was found to be forged. The foreigners in this way tried to get through Ukraine to one of EU countries. The travelers said that they paid for the fake documents about 11 thousand euro and that in fact they were the citizens of Iraq.
Border guards of Lviv Detachment detained a foreigner during his attempt to cross illegally the state border of Ukraine.
In the coure of preventive operation “Migrant” the illegal migrants were apprehended by the representatives of the Department for Counteraction to Crimes associated with human trafficking together with the policemen of the Uzhhorod response units of Mukchevo Border Detachment and staff of the Migration Service nearby the village of Hluboke in the wood line. Five foreigners (21 to 50 years old) had no any documents. In addition, there was 35-year-old Ukrainian citizen in the car, who had been living in Ukraine for a long time. He is suspected in organization of illegal transportation. Police initated the criminal proceeding as to the fact of the offence. It is planned to transport them to Mukachevo Border Detachment. The investigation goes on.
The offender was found that night in the checkpoint “Uzhhorod” by the border guards of Chop Detachment.
When receiving information from the local residents about appearance of unknown persons, the border guards of Lviv Detachment stopped two cars for inspection in the suburb of the village Shabelna. There were 9 persons inside the vehicle, including also those of Asian appearance. After documents check the border guards established that 5 persons were the citizens of Ukraine and other persons had no any documents and were probably the migrants from other countries. One of them was the citizen of Bangladesh, who had the Certificate on appeal for protection in Ukraine, three other men introduced themselves as the citizens of Sri Lanka. All detainees were delivered to the Border Department for clarification of all circumstances of the infringement. Administrative-procedural documents were prepared as to the foreigners. So far, their participation in unlawful activities connected with illegal transportation of persons through the state border is under establishment.
The staff of BD “Nyzhankovychi”, Ukrainian-Polish border, detained three Iraqi citizens without documents. The law enforcers revealed the officers due to the available information received from local residents. As it was established the citizens arrived to Ukraine legally, but aimed to continue the journey to Europe in illegal way. The decision in the case concerning the attempts to cross illegally the state border of Ukraine will be made in the court.
The border guards of Sumy Detachment together with the operative-searching subdivisions of the State Border Guard service of Ukraine apprehended a group of illegal migrants from the South-Eastern Asia and Ukrainians transporting them.
Four foreigners of Asian appearance were hiding in the private house in one of the central streets of Uzhhorod. Detainees had no any documents, however introduced themselves as the citizens of India. In the course of verification actions it was learned that the foreigners were waiting there for the persons to smuggle them illegally over the border in order to get to one of the EU countries. Currently, the law enforcers establish the persons involved in organization of foreigners’ illegal transportation over the border. According to this fact the criminal proceeding has been initiated under the Article 332 of the Crime Code of Ukraine “Illegal tranportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine’.
Two Iranians having completely forged documents of the citizens of Denmark, travelling from Istanbul to Great Britain, were revealed among the transit passengers in the International Airport Boryspil. Currently, the foreigners are rejected in crossing the state border of Ukraine and are returned by a back flight to Istanbul.