DFR terrorizes transporters: criminal cases, searches, and arrests for major logistics operators
As "Nasha Niva" has learned, the Department of Financial Investigations (DFR) of the State Control Committee is consistently targeting Belarusian transporters. It all started with the raid on "Jenty-Spedition" (Jenty) at the beginning of the year. They admitted guilt and paid a multi-million dollar fine, after which the authorities applied the same case template to other companies in the sector — and discovered a goldmine.
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As "Nasha Niva" knows, in just the last two weeks, arrests and searches have swept through the offices of Belarus's largest logistics companies: "ProLiv", "WestTransLine", "Intertransavto", and others.
Employees are not massively detained, but beneficiaries and directors are. Visits by the authorities proceed in their usual style of intimidation: with broken doors and masked shows.
The companies are accused of tax evasion — Part 3 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code — carrying a sentence of 5 to 12 years in a penal colony.
Company executives are assessed a fine based on the amount underpaid — according to the authorities — to the budget.
As is known, the first company to face questions was "Jenty-Spedition". Allegedly, its employees, while physically located in Belarus, worked in the interests of its representative offices in other countries. Primarily — Russia and Kazakhstan.
According to the authorities, if commercial activity is carried out in Belarus, and payments for it come to accounts in other jurisdictions, this is grounds for both additional tax assessments and a criminal case.
The heads of "Jenty-Spedition" admitted guilt and paid tens of millions in fines, after which the DFR proceeded to other logistics companies, assuming that others operate using similar schemes.
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