In Irkutsk, ethnic diaspora leaders were detained on suspicion of organizing illegal migration. This was reported on October 3 by the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk region.
According to preliminary data, since January 2024, the president of the Uzbek national center and the vice president of the Tajik diaspora, together with the higher education center, have been selling foreign citizens certificates of proficiency in the Russian language, knowledge of history and the fundamentals of Russian legislation for subsequent submission to the immigration authorities of the Ministry of the Interior and facilitate the registration of a labor patent, as well as a residence permit.
“Investigators of the regional department of the Investigative Committee (IC) have opened criminal cases for the crimes provided for in part 7 of article 204 “Commercial bribery” and paragraph “a”, part 2 of article 322.1 of the Criminal Code of the “ Organization of Illegal Migrations of the Russian Federation – reports the Irkutsk police.
It is clarified that by selling their certificates for 8 thousand rubles, the attackers earned more than 1.5 million rubles during the entire operation.
In addition, the Ministry of the Interior added that during the searches in the offices and homes of the accused, computers, flash cards, 1.7 million rubles, bank cards, empty cartridges and documents incriminating the perpetrators of the crime were seized.
“A preventive measure was imposed on one of the accused in the form of detention, on the second – in the form of a prohibition on certain actions,” – the department clarified.
