Journalists have uncovered the scheme used to cut down valuable tree species in Transcarpathia and illegally transport the timber abroad with the full consent of border guards. This news was reported by "Press of Ukraine".
According to preliminary data from journalists, approximately 30 km of forest were cleared. As a result, the state budget lost at least 20 million hryvnias.
The illegal timber export scheme was as follows. Border guards received permission to cut down trees for the construction of engineering structures. However, they felled completely different areas than the permitted ones, removing only valuable tree species. With the border service's tacit consent, trees with trunks up to 1,5 meters in diameter were cut down. Today, a single tree of this size can fetch at least 10 euros.
As a reminder, the Prosecutor General personally visited Zakarpattia to review the deforestation situation following a complaint from Governor Gennady Moskal. When the military prosecutor's office took over the investigation, border guards immediately denied any deforestation.
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