29/04/2022 10:11

In Mariupol, the russian occupiers are taking money from people and extorting personal data through fraudulent financial transactions

So-called "ATMs" operating under the control of russian terrorists have opened in the blocked city.

 It is known that one of such "ATMs" worked in the premises of a former supermarket in the Left Bank district of the city. 

There, Mariupol residents can exchange non-cash money for cash from fraudsters at a rate of 2 to 1. That is, the occupiers take away half of the amount from people.

 In the premises of the Central Police Department, the occupiers, under the guise of a "pension fund and social services", began actively collecting data from Mariupol residents.

 During the "registration", the occupiers extract data not only about the person and his property, but also from relatives.

 There is a danger that these data may be used by rashists to search for people, blackmail, recruit and extort money from relatives who have left or live outside Mariupol.

 Terror, cruel and degrading treatment of civilians in the occupied territories is a war crime under the Statute of the International Military Tribunal and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and a violation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.

 I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of Russian war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine.