Crime rates are rising in temporarily occupied territories due to enemy actions. In particular, in Donetsk region, the invaders have formed ethnic criminal groups controlled by russian special services, National Resistance Center of Ukraine reports.
It is noted that such criminal groups were formed in the temporarily occupied territories because of migrants brought to Ukraine by the russians. All of them are traditionally under the influence of the Federal Security Service, which traditionally uses crime to expand its control.
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In the south of Donetsk region, the newly formed criminal groups control the circulation of weapons, scrap metal, drugs and are engaged in protection racket of passenger transportation.
The National Resistance Center notes that all curators of the importation of criminal elements to Ukraine and those who engage in extortion in the temporarily occupied territories will be held accountable after the de-occupation of the region.
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