“Finland continues to record attempts to export goods to Russia that are subject to sanctions due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, even after the border was closed a year ago.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Finland continues to record attempts to export goods to Russia that are subject to sanctions due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, even after the border was closed a year ago. This is reported by “European Truth” with reference to Yle. According to Finnish customs, since 2022, more than 900 pre-trial investigations have been opened into the fact of illegal export of goods subject to sanctions. Before that, only a few cases a year were detected. In 2024, the number of such violations decreased due to the closure of the Finnish-Russian border, but they continue.Advertisement: More than half of all violations are minor and are settled with the help of a penalty procedure, that is, they do not go to court. These are mostly private individuals who crossed the border with a small amount of sanctioned goods, such as luxury items. The rest of the crimes concern, as a rule, planned actions to export goods that can be used by the Russian army. For example, in October 2024, Finnish customs began investigating a criminal scheme in which a company from the east of the country transported to Russia drones, sonar devices, processors and other electronics worth several hundred thousand euros.Advertisement: In similar schemes, goods under sanctions , are declared as destined for Central Asia or the Balkans, when in fact they are destined for Russia. The European truth