A detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine together with employees of the State Border Service of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine exposed an international scheme of illegal export of national currency from temporarily occupied territories abroad for further importation and legalization on the territory of Ukraine.

The investigation established that individuals were transporting stolen money from Ukraine through the territory of Russia and Belarus to EU countries.

Subsequently, the cash was brought into Ukraine in empty compartments of cars hidden from visual inspection, travel suitcases, using fictitious declarations of the origin of the money, etc. and was legalized.

The total volume of illegally transported funds reaches hundreds of millions of the UAH.

The law enforcement officers established that the imported funds were put into circulation and used to create real threats to the national interests of Ukraine.

A detectives of the ESBU and SSU operatives exposed two participants in the scheme during another import of 16 million in cash. According to the results of searches in the apartment and cars, camouflaged bags with stones that looked like amber, seals with prints of foreign business entities and cash in suitcases were found. The seized undeclared funds of the suspects were seized. In the future, they will be directed to the needs of the army.

Pretrial investigation in criminal proceedings initiated on the grounds of criminal offenses provided for in Part 1 of Art. 209, Part 1 of Art. 212 and Part 1 of Art. 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is carried out by detectives of the Territorial Department of the Security Intelligence Service in the Lviv region under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

Measures to expose and stop illegal activities were carried out jointly with the employees of the SSU Office in the Lviv region under the coordination of the State Security Service Department "I" and in cooperation with the operational division of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Information was entered into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations on the basis of a report on the discovery of a criminal offense by the 7th Carpathian Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.