SBU counterintelligence uncovered a group supplying Ukrainian weapons to Iran
Counterintelligence of the SBU stopped the activities of an international group that provided financing for illegal operations for the acquisition of military goods in Ukraine for sale in sanctioned countries, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This was reported by the press center of the SBU.
“Operatives and investigators of the intelligence service established that a group of immigrants from Iran tried to arrange supplies of components for anti-tank missile systems. The illegal transfer of such products to Iran is contrary to UN Security Council Resolution No. 2231 of July 20, 2015,” the statement says.
To finance transactions, companies with signs of fictitiousness were used, registered in Ukraine, Iran, Turkey, the Baltic countries and offshores. The attackers created a shadow system of illegal transfers and cash withdrawals contrary to the requirements of Ukrainian legislation and beyond the control of financial monitoring authorities.
According to the intelligence service, the illegal activity is part of the informal hawala financial settlement system, which is an illegal alternative to official payment systems.
During searches at the places of operation of the so-called hawala back offices and the residence of the criminals in the Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk regions, law enforcement officers seized financial documentation, seals and forms of foreign business entities, access keys to client-bank systems, computer equipment, material and optical storage media and mobile devices. Money in the amount of almost 600 thousand US dollars and 235 thousand euros was also discovered.
Now, within the framework of criminal proceedings initiated under Part 3 of Art. 28 (committing a crime by an organized group), Part 2 of Art. 201 (smuggling), part 2 of Art. 209 (legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, urgent investigative actions are ongoing.
The issue of seizing the funds received is being decided.
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