On Tuesday, August 18, as part of Operation “VILKATIS”, a mobile patrol and the State Border Guard spotted and detained an individual whose vehicle contained five people without valid documents (illegal border crossers). During the week since Operation “VILKATIS” began, 450 individuals have been prevented from illegally crossing the border of Latvia. Section 285, Paragraph 3 of the Criminal Law stipulates that for the unlawful transportation of a person across the border an individual may be…
On Tuesday, August 18, as part of Operation “VILKATIS”, a mobile patrol and the State Border Guard spotted and detained an individual whose vehicle contained five people without valid documents (illegal border crossers). During the week since Operation “VILKATIS” began, 450 individuals have been prevented from illegally crossing the border of Latvia. Section 285, Paragraph 3 of the Criminal Law stipulates that for the unlawful transportation of a person across the border an individual may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two to ten years. “The situation at the border remains tense. During the past week, new cases of damage to the border fence and infrastructure were detected, and numerous individuals were prevented from crossing…
