A Finnish company is suspected of exporting 135 trucks and 29 trailers to Russia during 2022–2023 violating sanctions, said Finnish Customs on Wednesday after completion of the preliminary investigation.
The preliminary investigation started in March regarding the aggravated regulation offence, said Customs in a press release.
The Finnish company declared that the vehicles were being exported to Kazakhstan or Türkiye via Russia, but according to the investigation, they in fact ended up in Russia.
The preliminary investigation has found that the vehicles were customs cleared into Russia by a company importing and reselling trucks in Russia.
Finnish Customs suspected three individuals of aggravated regulation offences in this case.
One of the suspects has been held in pretrial detention since the beginning of the investigation.
The case will be forwarded to the Prosecution District of Eastern Finland for consideration of charges next week.
“According to our preliminary investigation, the company has exported heavy equipment to Russia in violation of sanctions, with a value of €17.5 million. For the first time in a criminal investigation involving sanctions violations, Finnish Customs has requested that the value of the goods exported to Russia be confiscated for security,” said Petteri Nevalainen, head of the Economic Crime Investigation Unit of Finnish Customs.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
