Russia: Customs officers stopped the smuggling of Far Eastern sea cucumber to China

Published Jan 29, 2024

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A criminal group, comprising two Chinese citizens and three Russians, has been arrested for smuggling sea cucumbers from Russia's Central and Far Eastern Federal Districts to China. The group used couriers to transport the illegal goods, and their vehicles have been confiscated. The five individuals have been charged under Part 3 of Art. 226.1 of the Russian Criminal Code for smuggling strategically important resources. They could face up to 12 years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million rubles.

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Customs officers established that the organized criminal group consisted of two Chinese citizens and three Russians. The criminals operated in the Central and Far Eastern Federal Districts, where they bought sea cucumbers and then sent the goods by mail to China. They hired couriers to deliver illegal cargo. The vehicles that were used by the defendants to move the illegally extracted strategically important resource to the place of its processing and storage were seized. The criminal cases initiated were combined into separate proceedings, which ended with an indictment against five defendants under Part 3 of ...

Source: Fishretail