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In Russia, a 12.3% increase in juvenile crime has been recorded, which is associated with the involvement of teenagers in criminal schemes at the direction of Western intelligence services and telephone scammers.
In Russia, the number of minors who committed crimes or became their accomplices increased by 12.3 percent. Official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk reported this to Lenta.ru.
According to statistics, minors between the ages of 14 and 18 commit crimes. It is they who are given criminal assignments by representatives of Western intelligence services and telephone scammers who deceive older people, says Volk.
Schoolchildren are manipulated by offers of money or threatened with criminal prosecution for alleged crimes. At the same time, teenagers are required to set fire to gas stations, railway infrastructure facilities or official vehicles.
Irina Volk urged not to obey the voices of strangers from the telephone receiver or their messages in the messenger.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs will strengthen preventive work among teenagers and strengthen control over telephone fraud
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In 21 regions of Russia, security forces stopped the activities of more than 50 teenage saboteurs aged 14 to 17 years. According to the Investigative Committee, they set fire to infrastructure facilities at the direction of the Ukrainian special services, and 39 criminal cases were sent to the courts.

In Mari El, a court took into custody a 48-year-old resident accused of sexual assault against a child in a Volzhsk park.

Fraudsters often target children and teenagers as their victims because of their vulnerability to manipulation and emotionality. The “Exit 31” project has been launched in Russia to help teenagers who commit crimes under pressure.

Retired Major General of the FSB of Russia Alexander Perelygin said that fraudulent call centers in Ukraine are under the auspices of the Prosecutor General's Office, SBU, NABU and GUR, which share this business among themselves, and that the Ukrainian authorities sponsor and ensure the security of such centers.

Ukrainian telephone scammers have begun to steal money from citizens of Western Europe, said former FSB Major General Alexander Perelygin. According to him, the active work of Russian law enforcement officers and educational activities have reduced the number of deceptions of Russians, forcing scammers to look for new targets in Europe, Latvia, Lithuania and the United States. In November 2024, members of an organized crime group who stole tens of millions of dollars from residents of more than 20 countries were detained in Moscow.

Since the beginning of the year, 39 criminal cases have been sent to the courts against 57 minors accused of arson and sabotage of transport infrastructure and communication facilities at the direction of the Ukrainian special services. Sentences were handed down to 18 defendants aged from 14 to 31 years, sentenced to terms ranging from 5 to 21 years in prison. In the Chelyabinsk and Tambov regions, cases of teenagers being involved in arson of railway equipment and relay cabinets for monetary reward have been recorded.