Lithuanian indicted for smuggling migrants: Higher Public Prosecutor's Office from Pancevo issues statement

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The High Public Prosecutor's Office in Pancevo today raised an indictment against the defendant M.V. at the Higher Court in Pancevo.

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M.V. (36) is a citizen of Lithuania, and is suspected of trying to benefit by enabling a large number of persons to illegally cross the state border between Serbia and Romania, via the Vatin border crossing.

A statement said that this happened on May 10, and that the border police prevented the attempt.

The suspect is accused of putting 23 citizens of Turkey, including four minors, into a specially created bunker inside a truck, in this way endangering their lives and health.

The defendant is accused of having committed the criminal offense of illegal crossing of the state border and attempted people smuggling. If found guilty he could be sentenced from two to twelve years in prison.

The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Pancevo proposed in the indictment that the Higher Court in Pancevo should extend M.V.'s detention, as he is considered a flight risk.

It was also proposed that the court should punish the defendant according to the law, impose security measures on him, confiscate the goods and the truck with the trailer, as well as order him to pay legal costs.

(Telegraf.rs)