Border Guards and police crashed an different metastasis channel, which young men from Ukraine entered Poland illegally. Ukrainian railway drivers are liable for organising the process, who charged up to $10,000 for the shipment of 1 person.
Officers from the Border defender Service in Medica, together with police officers from the Provincial Police Command in Rzeszów and under the supervision of the territory Attorney's Office in Przemyśl, have been conducting an operation since 2024 working on a network of human smugglers. The culls of this activity proved surprising.
The transfer took place across the Polish-Ukrainian border, and migrants – young men – were hidden not in wagons, but straight in locomotives of trains moving to Przemyśl. The organisation of illegal border crossings is liable for drivers employed in Ukrainian state railways. 2 drivers were detained in the case, who were charged with being active in an organized crime group and organising illegal border crossings. They both didn't plead guilty. The prosecution is preparing an indictment.
Two Ukrainian citizens who utilized this channel have already been detained in Poland. They heard allegations of illegal crossing the border utilizing trickery and in cooperation with others. Unlike drivers, they admitted guilt and revealed the motives of their actions. They say they tried to avoid being in the army. Investigators do not regulation out further detention. The case is developmental and may uncover a larger scale. The information provided by the services shows that the channel operated for a long time and could include more people on both sides of the border.
This is yet another proof of how war and forced conscription into the army affect the decisions of people seeking all way to leave the country – even at the cost of risk, illegality and large money.
