Detectives of the Territorial Administration of the Bureau of Economic Security in the Kyiv region arrested 43 tons of synthetic rubber worth 12.7 million hryvnias, actually produced at the plant of the Iranian company, whose head office is located in Moscow.
In the course of the investigation, it became clear that during the import of products to Ukraine, the defendants forged documents, indicating Turkey as the country of origin of the goods. The requisites of Ukrainian enterprises, as well as a foreign company from the Czech Republic, were used for importation.
However, during the customs inspection of two batches of polybutadiene rubber declared as Turkish, the capital’s customs officers discovered a number of discrepancies. In particular, on the packages with briquetted rubber, the country code of the manufacturer was indicated – IR (Iran), and the thermal film with a barcode belonged to a company from Iran, according to the international registration system.
Investigators determined that this company specializes in petrochemicals, including synthetic rubber, and has production facilities in Iran. At the same time, its main office is located in Moscow. The company is under US sanctions. The total value of recovered polybutadiene rubber exceeds UAH 12.7 million. The Solomyansky District Court of the city of Kyiv seized the relevant goods.
Pre-trial investigation on the fact of the possible commission of a criminal offense provided for in part. 1 Art. 201-3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (smuggling of goods), carried out by the detectives of the Security Service of the Kyiv Region together with the Kyiv Customs. Procedural management is carried out by the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
