Thanking to cooperation of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomic Republic of Crimea with the main administration of the National Police in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Odessa Frontier Detachment of the Southern Regional Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine it became possible to gather enough evidence to bring to criminal responsibility under Part 2 of Art. 332 (illegal transfer of persons across the state border of Ukraine) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine of the organizer of a criminal group.

He coordinated the channel of illegal transfer of sailors through the state border of Ukraine (through closed border checkpoints in the temporarily occupied territory of the peninsula).

According to the website of the Prosecutor’s Office of ARC the malefactor during 2015-2017 using  ships overseas had been organizing transfer of almost 100 residents of Odessa and Kherson regions for further employment in occupied by Russia Crimea.

On May 9, 2017, in Odessa and Kherson, searches were carried out at the place of activity of the specified group of people, as well as the place of residence of the organizer and two performers. During the searches, documents and items were confiscated confirming their unlawful actions.

In the ranks of criminal proceedings on June 8, 2017 in pursuance of the decision of the investigative judge of the Primorsky District Court of Odessa, a Bospor ship under the flag of Moldova was arrested. The preliminary amount of the appraised property is about 44 500 000 UAH (~$1 733 048).

Sanction st. 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine provides for criminal liability in the form of deprivation of liberty from 5 to 7 years. Pre-trial investigation continues.