The offender is detained. He faces a prison sentence of 4 to 8 years.
The internal security of the State Border Service exposed a Ukrainian who offered a border guard a $9,000 bribe to go abroad. The press service of the department reported this on Monday, March 18.
It is known that a 29-year-old resident of Lviv and his friend planned to travel abroad, but did not have documents giving the right to travel during martial law.
The man decided to offer a bribe in the amount of $9,000 to the border guard of the Shegini department of the Lvov detachment, from which he received a categorical refusal. The offender is detained.
Law enforcement officials informed him of the suspicion of providing an illegal benefit to an official. The punishment of the article provides punishment in the form of imprisonment for 4 to 8 years.
It was previously reported that 16 violators paid the smuggler $111,500 to get to Hungary. But the border guards put a stop to their plans.
In 2023, Ukrainians received 1,274 sentences in court cases for avoiding military service. We are talking about suspended and real prison terms of up to 5 years.
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Source: korrespondent
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