15 May 11:40
In Krasnoyarsk, the director of a commercial organization and his accomplice will appear in court in the case of illegal export of timber to China, the prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory reported.
According to investigators, in 2020 and 2021 in Kansk, merchants purchased wood without documents of origin. Then it was stored, processed into lumber and sent abroad through the Zabaikalsk checkpoint. Fake documents were used to export timber. They indicated fictitious supply contracts and chains of counterparties. This information then entered accounting, commodity and customs documents.
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In total, according to investigators, at least 30.8 thousand cubic meters of lumber were illegally exported from Russia. Their cost was no less than 104.2 million rubles.
The director of a commercial transport organization and his intermediary are involved in the case. They are suspected of committing 28 crimes. The director partially admitted his guilt and stated that he did not know about the illegal origin of the wood. The second person involved, a resident of the People's Republic of China, has been put on the international wanted list.
The criminal case will be considered by the Kirovsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk.
Related links:
- Two residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory were convicted of smuggling timber worth 479 million rubles
- In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, criminal cases have been initiated regarding the smuggling of timber worth more than 30 million rubles
