The Prosecutor General's Office sent an indictment to the court against a citizen of Ukraine for committing piracy, as well as forgery of an official document and its use (Part 1 of Article 446, Part 5 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 358 and Part 4 of Article .358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). This was reported in the press service of the department.
The investigation established that in July 2020, a citizen of Ukraine with the aim of receiving 500 US dollars in the neutral waters of the western part of the Indian Ocean, using an unarmed vessel of a foreign security company, seized another ship under the flag of the Marshall Islands. He also robbed the crew, threatening violence and using firearms. After receiving the money, he left the ship.
In addition, in order to get a job in a foreign security company, the suspect forged a military ID card claiming to be an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On July 21, SBU employees the suspect was detained, the court sent him under arrest without bail.
