In the Tula region, six heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were arrested in the case of "organized criminal group in uniform"

In the Tula region, there are detentions in the high-profile case of organizing illegal migration. SU TFR of the region reported the arrest of the head of the department for organizing the activities of district police officers and juvenile affairs units Vladimir Krikunov.

According to the investigation, Krikunov was a member of the commission for issuing quotas for temporary residence permits for migrants in Russia.

In the period from 2020 to 2024, the former head of the department for organizing the activities of district police officers and juvenile affairs units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Tula region, being a member of the commission for issuing quotas for temporary residence permits to foreign citizens from Armenia and Azerbaijan, knowing that information about the addresses of stay and places of work of foreigners provided by the latter on The consideration of the commission is unreliable, for monetary remuneration, together with other members of the commission, positive decisions were made to issue quotas,"the release says.

Now Krikunov is in custody for 2 months, soon he will be charged.

As TK Readovka reminds, the case of the Tula migration "organized criminal group in uniform" was marked by a series of high-profile detentions. Olga Pasitova, Deputy head of the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Tula Region, Colonel and head of the migration Department Denis Oskin, three of his subordinates and two colonels, Startsev and Lebedev, were detained. The total number of detainees exceeded 30 people.

During its "reign", the group illegally arranged in There are more than 700 people in Russia.