A company with Donetsk roots, whose rise in the duty-free market coincided with the Yanukovych era, has been implicated in the creation of a powerful smuggling ring at the capital's airport.
This became known from the ruling of the Pechersk Court of Kyiv dated August 9, 2016, posted in the Unified Register of Court Decisions, reported "First Instance".
According to court documents, the Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases in the Economic Sphere of the Prosecutor General's Office is conducting an investigation on the grounds of crimes under Part 1 of Article 14, Part 1 of Article 204, and Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
During the investigation, it was discovered that "a group is operating on the territory of Ukraine to organize a channel for the illegal movement of excisable goods across the customs border, both within and outside of checkpoints, with the assistance of employees of the Ukrainian customs authorities and the State Border Service."
The scheme's organizers, using as-yet-unidentified connections in customs authorities, organized and facilitated the movement of tobacco products into the country under the "import 72 EE" customs regime, according to the criminal case.
Subsequently, tobacco products were delivered to licensed warehouses for duty-free shops of Duty Free PJ Ukraine LLC and licensed warehouses of Pavo Group LLC, located on the territory of Kyiv (Zhulyany) International Airport.
The cigarettes were then shipped to the designated warehouses, without undergoing mandatory customs procedures, for subsequent sale to individuals involved in the smuggling channel.
As part of the investigation, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv authorized the Prosecutor General's Office (GPU) access to copies of video recordings from surveillance cameras installed at Kyiv Airport (Zhuliany), as well as copies of the documents on the basis of which the video surveillance was conducted (instructions, regulations, procedures, etc.).
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According to the legal entity register, the owner of the Mariupol-based company Pavo Group is Igor Kunyansky, registered in Kyiv and Donetsk. According to public records, he also served as director of ANP Duty Free Shop, a leader in the duty-free market in Ukraine. This company's duty-free shops operated at seven international airports: Boryspil, Zhulyany (Kyiv), Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Simferopol, Kharkiv, and Chernivtsi.
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