At the 'Mogilev-Podilskyi' checkpoint, border guards recorded an attempt to illegally cross the border. A married couple, intending to leave the country, was stopped for a moment while exiting Ukraine. The woman had previously taken her son abroad and was now trying to help her husband leave.
'The border guards denied them passage and handed the couple over to the police. The woman's actions exhibited signs of a crime under Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – 'Illegal transportation of individuals across the state border of Ukraine'.'
Organizers of illegal border crossings use the border with the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic for their criminal activities. These trips can cost between $5,000 and $20,000 or more. The main organizers remain abroad, while drivers on the territory of 'PMR' are recruited to assist in transporting people from the border to Moldova.
At the 'Mogilev-Podilskyi' checkpoint, border guards detected an attempt at illegal border crossing when the woman tried to help her husband leave the country. The organized illegal activity in this direction is employed for illegal border crossings and can lead to serious offenses and significant material losses for the victims.