Businessmen who allegedly supplied sanctioned goods to the Russian Kaliningrad region were charged in Lithuania.
The prosecutor’s office of the Klaipėda District has sent a criminal case to court against the director of an enterprise and the head of a customs broker from the Plungė district (a district in northern Lithuania), who are accused of violating international sanctions.
According to the materials of the case, the defendants were aware of the ban on exporting dual-use goods to Russia, and hid the real product codes in export declarations between July 21 and February 27.
Allegedly, they exported 680 pieces of equipment, included in a list of dual-use items, to Russia through the Kybartai border crossing point (the Chernyshevskoye checkpoint on the Russian side), with a total value exceeding 700 thousand euros.
The Lithuanian Prosecutor’s Office did not specify how the equipment was exported, but noted that dual-use goods could be used “both for civilian and military purposes, as well as for designing or developing nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.”
If the guilt of the businessmen is proven, the maximum punishment for them will be five years in prison.
The Lithuanian Prosecutor’s Office did not specify how the equipment was exported, but noted that dual-use goods could be used “both for civilian and military purposes, as well as for designing or developing nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.”
If the guilt of the businessmen is proven, the maximum punishment for them will be five years in prison.
