Event 4edda1c1-0166-4241-86c7-cdf79217d44a

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Border Country: Latvia Country: Belarus Country: Cote d'Ivoire Attack Type: Weaponized Migrants

Source: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/15.02.2024-three-ac ...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Three accused of helping illegal migration in Latvia

Short Summary: Three accused in Latvia for organized illegal migration and facilitating border crossing from Belarus using false documents; two are in custody.

Description

Three individuals have been accused of illegally assisting migrants to cross the Latvian state border. The group reportedly organized and implemented illegal movement of African migrants across the Latvian-Belarusian border and provided accommodation in Riga. Evidence includes the use of false French travel documents and organizing migrants' movement by bus or air. Two suspects are in custody, and investigative activities with other countries continue.

Evidence

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The State Border Guard has handed over a large criminal process to the Riga Northern Prosecutor’s Office for the initiation of criminal prosecution, in which three persons are recognized as suspects for illegal assistance to migrants moving across the state border, the Border Guard said on February 15.

Border guards have established that an organized group was actively involved in facilitating illegal migration in the summer of last year.

The group reportedly organized and implemented illegal movement of African migrants crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border to Riga, as well as accommodation in hostels or other temporary places of residence.

members of the group provided illegal migrants with false French travel documents so that persons could leave Latvia by bus or air traffic.

The investigation gathered evidence of supporting the illegal activities of at least 40 migrants.

In the territory of Latvia, the group consisted of two residents of Latvia and a citizen of Côte d'Ivoire.

Two persons are in custody.

an active exchange of information with neighboring countries and Europe.

Source

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/15.02.2024-three-accused-of-helping-illegal-migration-in-latvia.a543106/