Five Ukrainian citizens and one Belarusian citizen, motivated by greed, agreed in an organized group set up by a person against whom criminal proceedings have been opened in a separate case-file to illegally transport migrants from the external border of the European Union to the vicinity of the city of Rīga.
In two cases, a vehicle with an imitated State Police identity paint and a duplicated vehicle number plate was used to illegally transport migrants, and in one case, a vehicle with an imitated State Border Guard identity paint and a duplicated vehicle number plate was used.
In total, the accused illegally transported 81 immigrants without valid visas and residence permits, who had previously illegally crossed the Belarusian-Latvian border, in three transport operations.
The Prosecutor’s Office points out that no person is considered guilty until his/her guilt of a criminal offence is established in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Criminal Procedure Law.
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