ILLEGAL MINING AMBER WILL IMPRISONMENT
Kaliningrad regional Duma deputies to the State Duma introduced a bill that introduces prison sentences for those involved in illegal mining of amber. The maximum period that may threaten violators - 6 years.
- Illegal extraction of amber in the Kaliningrad region received fairly widespread - MPs described the reason for introducing the bill.
Currently, all cases of illegal mining resorted to in Article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation `` Illegal business. At the same time, to use Article 255 of the Criminal Code `Violation of rules of protection and use of mineral resources#39; in this situation is illogical.
According to ITAR-TASS, as a punishment, penalties will be used (for example, the illegal extraction and recovery of income will have to pay from 100 thousand to 300 thousand rubles) and a sentence of imprisonment (from several months to several years).
6 years imprisonment threatens to crimes committed by a group of people, those who are used to extract mechanical tehsredstva, as well as those extracted from mining income in a large scale - more than 150 thousand rubles.
