Minibuses with 47 people were stopped near the border in Odesa
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- Alona Kokhanchuk
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12:39, 25 June, 2024
In Odesa, border guards stopped four minibuses with 47 people trying to leave the country.
This was reported by the State Border Service on June 25.
The minibuses were stopped in the village of Obzhyle, Podilskyi district. According to the SBSU, the organizers tried to bring 47 men of draft age from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Rivne, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Odesa regions to the state border.
«As it was established, the collection of «clients» by dealers was carried out with the help of Telegram channels and Telegram accounts. The money was transferred to various crypto wallets, and the price of the service ranged from 5,000 to 18,500 USD per person,» the message reads.
Investigations are currently ongoing. The organizers were notified of the suspicion, and administrative offenses were filed against the men.
We will remind that in Odesa, law enforcement agencies, together with border guards, stopped the channel of illegal transportation of people abroad.
Earlier it was reported that an employee of one of the territorial recruitment centers of the Odesa region refused to issue a reservation from mobilization to a conscript without a bribe. He demanded 300 liters of fuel or money equivalent.