They illegally helped people escape from Ukraine. "Ticket" for 10 thousand dollars

The Security Service of Ukraine has announced the discovery and dismantling of several groups specializing in aiding the illegal transport of Ukrainians who are prohibited from traveling outside the country. The “services” provided were valued at up to $10,000, with the cost depending primarily on the date and method of crossing the border.

According to the SBU statement, three individuals from different regions of Ukraine have been apprehended in connection with the case.

The first among them was a surgeon employed in Lviv. The man was caught by officers during his participation in the district military medical commission. The doctor attempted to extort a bribe in exchange for signing a certificate claiming health issues that would exempt him from mandatory military service.

It was revealed that, based on the doctor's falsified conclusions, his accomplices within the military medical commission knowingly fabricated documents regarding the unfitness of conscripts for military service. The fraudsters intended to utilize these for illegal departures from Ukraine.

Transfer to unrecognized Transnistria

Simultaneously, the Security Service of Ukraine detained a businessman operating in Odesa who was identified as the architect of an illegal migration channel to European Union countries. The route involved passing through Transnistria, an autonomous region in Moldova. Individuals desiring travel to the West made transfers using cryptocurrencies. For an “additional fee”, they could obtain assistance in legalizing their stay in selected European Union countries.

Another arrest occurred in Transcarpathia, where officers uncovered the illicit activities of the owner of a transport company that transported potential conscripts posing as international freight transport drivers.

"To execute the program, the organizer registered a transport company. Once the pseudo-driver entered the EU, he abandoned the vehicle, and a relative of the perpetrator took the wheel and returned to Ukraine"
we read in the statement.

All individuals in custody face potential sentences of up to 10 years in prison.