More than 200 licensees have been disconnected from the Shliakh system due to their involvement in illegal schemes for men of draft age to leave Ukraine, the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports.

"Since the introduction of martial law in Ukraine, the Shliakh system has been used in illegal schemes. According to such schemes, men left Ukraine as drivers and did not return to Ukraine. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrtransbezpeka has disconnected 223 carriers from the Shliakh system for violation of the rules for crossing the state border by military personnel, of which 202 licensees were excluded based on the materials of the State Border Service of Ukraine,” the report says.

Since the beginning of 2024 alone, the operational and investigative units of the State Border Service have sent more than 2,000 reports to law enforcement agencies about the detection of signs of offenses provided for, in particular, by Articles 332, 358 of the Criminal Code, which are related to the illegal transportation of persons across the border, forgery of documents.

Almost 1,500 criminal proceedings have been initiated under these articles of the Criminal Code, more than 1,700 persons have been notified of suspicion of committing criminal offenses. The courts have issued more than 220 guilty verdicts, of which almost 100 are related to the illegal transportation of persons across the border, the service reports.