Three suspects were taken into custody with an alternative bail from UAH 454 thousand to UAH 1.36 million, and two more – UAH 3.4 million.
“The group members at the railway stations of Kiev, Dnipro and Odessa recruited citizens who were in difficult living conditions and did not have a permanent place of residence to work at an agricultural enterprise. The victims were promised a salary of 3 thousand to 4 thousand UAH per month, free housing and food Instead, people were settled in dilapidated houses with absolutely no living conditions and forced to work free of charge for 12-16 hours a day on hard work. Also, the attackers fraudulently took away mobile phones and passports from the victims, “the message says.
On September 8, law enforcement officers searched the agricultural enterprise and the houses where people were being held.
“At the time of the searches on the territory of the agricultural enterprise, there were 120 people in labor slavery, who have now been released,” the prosecutor’s office said.
Criminal proceedings have been opened under Part 2 of Art. 149 of the Criminal Code (human trafficking).
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