In Irkutsk Region, police raided construction and retail sites, as well as places where foreign nationals gather. The check found and detained 25 foreigners working illegally in Russia, and four had no documents. The contractor is being identified, and administrative reports have already been drawn up.
The main focus of law enforcement officers is on construction and commercial facilities, the timber processing complex, and other places where foreign nationals gather in large numbers.As a result of the raid, 25 foreign nationals were identified and detained for illegally engaging in labor activity on the territory of Russia. Four of them had no documents at all.
An inspection is currently underway, during which the contractor for the construction work is to be identified. Meanwhile, foreign nationals with no legal issues were also working at this site. They had the appropriate permits, but there were only a few of them.
Following the raid, law enforcement officers drew up administrative offense reports under Article 18.10 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (illegal engagement by a foreign national or stateless person in labor activity in the Russian Federation).
The police noted that this offense entails an administrative fine of 2,000 to 5,000 rubles, with or without administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region