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| Stavropol resident convicted in human trafficking case |
| 2025-01-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The head of an organized human trafficking group received 13 years in prison in Stavropol, the prosecutor's office reported. According to the department, in 2019, a resident of Stavropol created a criminal community of four organized groups that operated in the Izobilnensky, Trunovsky, Shpakovsky districts and in the city of Nevinnomyssk. In October 2021, in the village of Verkhnerusskoye, the defendant met a man who was in a difficult situation and needed money. He moved him to Mikhailovsk and took his documents, promising work and free housing. Then the convicted person entered into a purchase and sale agreement and transferred the man to a livestock farm, the Stavropol Territory Prosecutor's Office reported. A resident of Stavropol was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 210 of the Criminal Code of Russia (management of a structural unit (organized group) and Part 3 of Article 127.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (human trafficking). The court sentenced him to 13 years in a maximum security penal colony. The organizer of this criminal group was previously convicted. The case against the rest of its members is pending in court, according to a statement on the department's website. |
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