ODESA, APRIL 11, 2011, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — The amount of people providing fake documents at the Ukrainian-Moldovan border has gone down by a quarter, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

These data have been published today, 11 April, furing the sitting of the EUBAM Advisory Council.

As was noted at the sitting, the cases when people couldn’t provide the necessary documents or provided false ones have become problematic for the border services of Ukraine and Moldova. An overall amount of people providing fake documents at the Ukrainian-Moldovan border has made 69 people, which is 24 per cent less than in 2009.

90 per cent of the fake dopcuments were provided by Ukrainian and Moldovan citizens. There were also cases of fraudulent acts by Russians, Bulgarians, and Latvians.

INFORMATION: The EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) was launched on 30 November 2005 at the joint request of the Presidents of the Republic Moldova and Ukraine. EUBAM is an EU mission fully funded by the European Union. It is an advisory, technical body. It has no executive powers. The Mission aims to make a sustainable contribution to the delivery of good quality border and customs services to the citizens and companies of Moldova and Ukraine to facilitate contacts and trade.