In Odesa region, border guards stopped a truck with 48 men who were trying to illegally cross the border and get to Moldova. This was reported by [Kommersant] citing areport by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine published on 7 August.
The “carriers” took 150 thousand hryvnias from each of the men. People were transported in the back of a truck.
“However, even in the crush and for a lot of money, they did not get abroad, because they were detected by border guards. Administrative reports were drawn up against the offenders, the Kamaz was seized, and the investigation is ongoing,” the SBGS said.