Investigation of illegal departure of men abroad: new suspicions of NABU
During 2022-2023, more than 1,000 similar decisions were made in one of the district courts of Odesa.
NABU and SAP, together with the SBU, have expanded the range of suspects to six people, who are suspected of organizing the illegal departure of men of draft age outside the country and evading mobilization. About this informs NABU press office.
According to the investigation, the scheme consisted in issuing court decisions that established the place of residence of a minor child with his father, which allowed men to use these decisions as a basis for going abroad. “Clients” were found through groups on social networks, and the cost of each judgment was between 1,500 and 3,500 US dollars.
Detectives established that during 2022-2023, more than 1,000 similar decisions were made in one of the district courts of Odesa. There were recorded cases when men went abroad without accompanying the child, established the child’s place of residence in the temporarily occupied territory, forged procedural documents from plaintiffs and interfered with the system of automated distribution of court cases.
In January, it was documented that one of the judges was given an illegal benefit in the amount of 1,500 US dollars for making a “necessary” decision. The judges informed about the suspicion under part 3 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On July 30, this judge was informed of a new suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 368 and Part 3 of Art. 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In addition, the suspicion was reported to five more people:
- to a lawyer (Part 3 of Article 369, Part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- to the lawyer’s assistant (Part 5 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- a natural person-intermediary (Part 3 of Article 369, Part 5 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- secretary of the court session (Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- to the court consultant responsible for the distribution of cases (Part 2 of Article 376-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Currently, efforts are underway to identify other possible participants in this criminal scheme.
