Border guards stopped the international channel of trafficking in human beings

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01 of December 2017 12:50

Representatives of the operative-search Unit of the Eastern Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine found a criminal group. 5 people during 2016-2017 recruited and transported to the Russian Federation residents of the Dniprovska

Representatives of the operative-search Unit of the Eastern Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine found a criminal group.

5 people during 2016-2017 recruited and transported to the Russian Federation residents of the Dniprovska and Zaporizhzhia regions who were in a difficult financial situation in order to exploit in the sphere of intimate services.

Recently,at the "Goptovka" international checkpoint, border guards during  passport control detained two women from Dniprovskyi region, who tried to smuggle Ukrainian women for sexual slavery to Russia Federation.

By operational means, law enforcement officers found another 9 Ukrainian women who could become potential victims of the criminal group. Offenders  found all these women of job search announcements via the Internet, and promised them employment in the field of providing household services, such as waiters, dishwashers, etc.

During the investigation, law enforcement officers established the involvement of one of the offenders in the illicit trafficking of weapons. In the personal car of the offender, border guards found  an arsenal of weapons, that consisted of grenades F-1, smoke checkers, signal missiles and almost 300 ammunition to the Kalashnikov rifle.

Investigative and operational measures are continued. Measures are being taken to establish other victims and return them from the territory of the Russian Federation

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