Foreigners organized a channel of illegal migration and received income of almost 20 thousand

The prosecutor’s office of the Frunze district of Minsk sent a criminal case against four foreign citizens for organizing illegal migration to the court. This was reported in the press service of the Prosecutor General’s office, writes sb.by.

According to the materials of the criminal case, the accused aged from 19 to 29, acting as a group of persons by prior conspiracy, for monetary remuneration organized the illegal entry of foreign citizens into the territory of Belarus, their subsequent transportation and accommodation in Minsk.

Thus, at the end of May 2026, the defendants organized the transportation from the border region of the country to the capital of seven foreign citizens, including five adults and two children. In early June, the defendants organized the illegal migration of 11 foreign citizens who crossed the border of Belarus near the Sozh River. During the third criminal episode, the accused organized the illegal migration of another foreign citizen.

“In order to ensure the stay of illegally arrived foreigners in the country, the accused rented accommodation for their temporary residence. When carrying out illegal activities, the men used various measures of secrecy, interacted with other persons who facilitated illegal migration. Foreign citizens crossed the state border of the Republic of Belarus outside the established checkpoints, without having the visas necessary for entry, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

In total, as part of criminal activities, the accused organized the illegal migration of 19 foreign citizens. The total criminal income from these activities exceeded 19 thousand.

The criminal case was in the production of the Frunzensky (Minsk) district department of the Investigative Committee. After studying the materials of the criminal case, the prosecutor’s office came to the conclusion that the evidence collected was sufficient, and that a full and objective study of the circumstances of the crime was conducted. We agreed with the qualification of the offense under Part 1 of Article 371-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

The prosecutor left the preventive measure in the form of remand in custody, previously chosen against the accused, unchanged.

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