{"id":577927,"date":"2026-03-20T16:42:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/03\/577927\/in-the-odesa-region-a-mykolaiv-resident-was-exposed-for-smuggling-men-liable-for-military-service-to-moldova-for-6-000\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:42:35","slug":"in-the-odesa-region-a-mykolaiv-resident-was-exposed-for-smuggling-men-liable-for-military-service-to-moldova-for-6-000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/03\/577927\/in-the-odesa-region-a-mykolaiv-resident-was-exposed-for-smuggling-men-liable-for-military-service-to-moldova-for-6-000\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Odesa region, a Mykolaiv resident was exposed for smuggling men liable for military service to Moldova for $6,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Odesa region, border guards exposed a native of Mykolaiv<\/strong>, 38<\/strong>, who for money organized the transfer of conscription-age men to Moldova.<\/p>\n

The discovery of the scheme was reported by the Southern Regional Department of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

According to the agency, the \u201cpackage\u201d included not only the route but also detailed instructions for illegal border crossing, and its price reached 6<\/strong> thousand US dollars.<\/p>\n

Payment was split into parts: 3,500<\/strong> dollars were handed over near the border, and clients paid the remainder after a successful crossing.<\/p>\n

The investigation found that the intermediary sought men of conscription age via social media with the assistance of a Telegram channel administrator \u2014 the organizer who connected clients with the driver-carrier.<\/p>\n

The SBGSU also outlined the planned route for the illegal exit, including a start in the regional center.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe route started from Odesa and ran to one of the settlements on the border. Thereafter the conscription-age man from Odesa was to walk on foot through the tree line and illegally reach Moldova\u201d, – the report says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Currently the driver has been formally charged and a preventive measure has been imposed; if convicted he faces up to 9<\/strong> years imprisonment with confiscation of property.<\/p>\n

Earlier we wrote:<\/h3>\n