FSB conducted a large-scale special operation, which has affected 12 regions of Russia. The result was defused a large criminal group involved in organizing the supply of weapons from EU countries and from Ukraine to Russia. Organizers of the gang arrested in Smolensk in the act, and were later caught and the remaining members of the group, three of whom were policemen.
The Federal Security Service of Russia stopped activity of inter-regional organized crime group, to establish a large-scale supply chain battle Weapons from the EU and Ukraine in Russia. About what exactly the EU question, the FSB did not specify, but willing to share the details of the detention:
«Smolensk in July when the next batch of marketing weapons in the act of the detained organizers of criminal activities, one of which was previously convicted citizen the Republic of Azerbaijan. At the same time in the 12 regions of the country detained 14 active members of the criminal group, three of whom – acting police “- told TASS in the Public Relations Center (DSP) FSB.
law enforcement officers have been eliminated four workshops and two workshops where criminals were made and upgrade your items. However, the attackers had found a large number of fake documents and state numbers for cars. For members of organized crime groups for several years were monitored, so they had to keep changing the place of residence.
The scope of activities of groups is impressive: as a result of the special operation seized more than 150 firearms. Attackers sold to Russian arms, and foreign –
among the seized weapons coexist Kalashnikov rifles and machine guns and rifles (M-16, M-4, G-G ) and guns (“Glock”, “Chezet”, “DezertIgl”, “beret”), standing on the arms of the West.
In addition, the smugglers were found machine pistols, carbines and guns, including a silent shooting device, a grenade launcher and a grenade to him, the main parts and components for the manufacture of more than 200 weapons and more than 2.5 thousand. ammunition of various calibres, as well as over 10 kg of explosives and detonators. The whole arsenal was aimed at technical and ballistic examination.
Currently, addressed the issue of additional criminal charges under Art. 226.1 “arms smuggling” of the Criminal Code, shall be additional operational and search activities and investigation of Procedure perpetuate illegal activity of OPG. The FSB also find out whether the participants were involved in organized crime groups to commit grave and especially grave crimes on the territory of Russia.
FSB is not the first time reports on the suppression activity “black WMD” delivering illegal goods into Russia from Ukraine and the EU.
Literally in June this year the FSB Vladimir Region announced the elimination of a similar seizure of OPG and, in particular, more than 30 firearms, 13 grenades, 15 kilograms of explosives.
In September of last year was eliminated, another large group of smugglers detained were held in six regions of Russia, and from illicit trafficking were seized 136 firearms. In March of the same year, the FSB also reported overlapping channel smuggling of weapons from the EU to Russia through Ukraine. Then the arrest took place in the Rostov region and one of the republics of the North Caucasus, was seized 39 firearms. According to the ministry, this weapon subsequently forwarded to the Caucasus.
According to the Deputy Prosecutor General Ivan Sydoruk, the growth of smuggling weapons to blame the lack of coordination of the work to cut off the supply of weapons, as well as deficiencies in operational and investigative activities. “A lot of problems with the reception and registration of reports of crimes of this category,” – said Sydoruk.
In turn, a retired FSB officer Alexander Belyaev told “Gazetoy.Ru” pointed to another cause. According to him, the growth of the supply of illegal weapons from Ukraine and the EU directly related to the Ukrainian crisis.
«arms shipments from Ukraine were carried out always. But only when the power in Ukraine has changed, arms dealers, as well as drug traffickers, as it should have been able to turn around.
For example, organizations such as the “Right Sector” (the organization is banned in Russia. – ” Times “), allow themselves to control entire sections of the border – especially in the western part of the country. Control supplies as a weapon, and the supply of drugs acting part is not actually “- said Belyaev, drawing attention to the fact that Ukraine itself reports of deliveries of” black arms “actually arrives – there is only a small, private cases involving in small groups. He also noted that NATO models of weapons coming through Ukraine and the EU in Russia, most likely the weapon issued by the United States as an aid to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Talking about the technical side of the operation FSB Belyaev noted that for the preparation of such large-scale arrests and seizures are likely to need at least a year. “When a channel is detected the supply of weapons, these weapons make it possible to get to its final recipient – to understand the whole mechanism and to identify all the people involved in illicit trafficking. The work of regional divisions in charge of the central apparatus of the FSB. When it became clear the entire structure of a criminal group, the command was given to detain not only the rank and file groups, and supervisors to neutralize all attackers in 12 regions of Russia “, – summed up the ex-FSB officer.
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