One of the active members of the criminal organization “Borman”, aged 28, was sentenced to 20 years in jail by the Chisinau City Appeals Court. He was found guilty of organizing the work of the criminal group and was also convicted for smuggling money and drugs, IPN reports.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases, on the leader’s instruction, the man recruited persons through the agency of whom he took money out of Moldova. He organized their travel to Spain where hashish in large quantities was purchased from other members of the group and was taken to Russia.
In December 2013 – January 2014, the convict smuggled €100,000 out of Moldova. With this money, he bought about 100 kg of drugs in Spain and organized their transportation to Russia.
A part of the drugs reached Russia and were sold there. Over 46 kg of hashish were found and seized by the police in Russia, the haulers being convicted in Russia.
The prosecution asked for 21 years behind bars for the culprit, but the Chisinau City Court Appeals gave him 20 years and ordered to collect the equivalent value of the money smuggled out of Moldova, 1 794 500 lei, for the benefit of the state.
The offenses committed by the criminal organization “Borman” were investigated by crime and special cases prosecutors and officers of the National Investigations Inspectorate in concert with law enforcement agencies of Russia, Spain and Romania.
