The suspects stole migrants and tortured them. A torture video was sent to the relatives, demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency.
Poland law enforcement officials have revealed a international criminal syndicate suspected of abduction of migrants in Poland and Latvia. Four detainees, citizens of Ukraine, will be charged with abduction for the purpose of the ransom. RMF FM reported this on Wednesday, July 2.
Gang participants engaged in the illegal crossing of migrants entering the EU through Belarus.
In the middle of the -June, information about the abduction of the two citizens of Ethiopia was received. Representatives of one of the charity organizations received an English message at the Internet mixer, which spoke about the preservation of abducted people in Poland demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency.
Attacks threatened to kill and sell organs. A picture of naked, related men was added to the message.
According to police, kidnappers, who threaten weapons, get money and phones from the victims, after which they were taken to the trunk in the city of Lyubin. The family is sent to the need for the ransom.
After that, gang members ran to Latvia, where they stole three Mali citizens. The men were tied and closed to the trunk. One of them was tied to a tree and brutally beaten with a wooden stick. Video torture sent his family.
Polish police have established cooperation with law enforcement officials of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and established the identities of the kidnappers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMXVSIY8EQC
By the end of June, with the participation of counter-terrorist divisions, three gang participants were confined to the highway near Ostrov-Mazovetsky, the fourth in the city of Skvezhin of Lyubush Voivodeship.
The detainees will be charged with participating in a criminal organization, abduction for the purpose of the ransom and illegal border crossing. Three people were elected temporary arrests.
However, according to witnesses, some of the gang participants are still free.
Earlier, Poland police stopped two people of Ukraine. One of them suspected that someone was involved in the transportation of illegal migrants, the other was caught during transportation.
In Poland, a Ukrainian is confined for the transportation of migrants
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