US EditionPeru Opens Probe Into Human Trafficking of Citizens to Fight for Russia
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Many men from Peru are lured to Russia with job prospects, but there they apparently experience a nasty surprise.
Peruvian prosecutors are investigating human trafficking after receiving hundreds of reports from relatives of Peruvians who have disappeared in Russia, Meduza reports. The Peruvians were lured to Russia with various job offers: security guards, engineers, cooks, and taxi drivers. However, when they arrived, their passports were taken from them and, after brief training, they were sent to the Ukrainian front. The Peruvians were promised a monthl…
With false job promises to Russia, but then directly to the front: hundreds of Peruvians were apparently forced into the war against Ukraine as soldiers. At least 13 of them are said to be already dead, more than 130 missing. Now the prosecutor's office in Peru is investigating for trafficking in human beings.
In the past two weeks, 18 Peruvian citizens who had been lured into Russia and sent to war against Ukraine had returned to their homeland, as reported by Radio RPP, citing a statement by the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Peru opens probe into human trafficking of citizens to fight for Russia
Public prosecutors in Peru have launched an investigation into alleged human trafficking cases involving Peruvians who were reportedly forced to take part in Russia's combat operations against Ukraine.
According to a lawyer, up to 600 Peruvians may have been involved in the war since October, as Russia's military has dwindled.
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