[ad_1]
A Rivne resident attempted to collect 18 rare samples of raw amber from Ukraine, some of which weighed more than 700 grams. These stones are exclusive, the cost of each is determined individually, reported the Security Service of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s security service prevented the smuggling of 5.4 kg of single raw amber from large fractions to one of the Arab countries. This was announced by the SBU press center on November 16.
According to the SBU, residents of the Rivne region purchased illegally obtained raw amber Y systematically removed to one of the Gulf countries.
“A Rivne resident attempted to remove 18 rare exhibits of raw amber from Ukraine through the Boryspil international border crossing, some of which weigh more than 700 grams. These stones are exclusive and the cost of each is determined individually. The cost Estimated amber discovered at black market prices is several tens of thousands. dollars “, – reported in the SBU.
Amber was removed and sent for examination. After them, the question of the opening of a criminal process under art. 240-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal extraction, sale, transfer, shipment of amber).
Illegal amber mining was recorded in the Rivne, Volyn and Zhytomyr regions. In the summer of 2015, the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, declared that 90% of amber in Ukraine is illegally mined under the patronage of law enforcement agencies.
On August 12, 2019, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the scale of illegal amber mining in Ukraine has reached the level of ecological disaster. On September 2, the president ordered the Verkhovna Rada to adopt a bill on amber mining before December 1, 2019.
Government Bill # 2240 was introduced to Parliament on October 8. In the first reading, the parliament supported it on November 12, and in the second, on December 19. Zelensky signed the law on December 27. The document introduced unified exploration permits with the right to extract amber for a period of five years in an area of up to 10 hectares through electronic auctions.
[ad_2]
