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‼️ Smuggling on 260 000$, but the money will be returned to the owner despite the court verdict.
⚖️ Hlybotskyi District Court of the Chernivtsi region considered one of the high-profile cases involving the movement of a large sum of cash across the border.
💵 In August 2025, at the Porubne–Siret checkpoint customs officers found in a concealed compartment of a scheduled bus bound for Istanbul 260 000 US dollars (almost 11 million UAH at the exchange rate at that time).
👨⚖️ The court found the bus driver guilty under Art. 201–3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and imposed a fine -
170 000 UAH, without imprisonment.
😎 The prosecutor’s office sought confiscation of 260 000 US dollars, but the court denied confiscation because the prosecution failed to prove that: the funds were of criminal origin; the owner of the money (a citizen of Turkey) knew about their concealment; the company that owned the bus was involved in the offense.
🤷♂️ The court also noted deficiencies in the pretrial investigation: the origin of the funds was not properly verified, the circumstances regarding the owner of the money were not established, and the grounds for special confiscation were not proven.
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