More than 50 illegal border crossings recorded by the Police and Border Guard (PPA) occurred mainly due to people’s carelessness. Most of them concerned boats violating Russian territory on Lake Peipus, or tourists visiting the border areas.

In the first six months of 2017, the Estonian Police and Border Guard recorded 52 illegal border crossings involving 88 people. About half of the incidents involved leisure activities, there were six cases of illegal immigration, and five incidents involving smuggling. The numbers are slightly below those of the first half of 2016, when 54 incidents were recorded and 110 people involved.

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