The “mysterious syndicate” offered Kenytsev to work in Moscow, after which he sent them to fight on the side of the Russian army in Ukraine.
In Kenya, more than 20 people were rescued after police network network disclosed, who promised Kenyans to work in Russia, but in fact planned to force them to fight them in Ukraine. It was reported by the Air Force on Saturday, September 27th.
It is indicated that the opening of the network occurred after an attack on a residential building outside the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Law enforcement officials have taken materials for recruitment, travel documents and letters with measures for employment.
A suspect accused of coordinating the trips of victims to Russia in September and October. He was taken to court, allowing him to keep him in custody for 10 days while the police completed the investigation.
Officials said the arrest occurred after the coordinated security of the operation, where some departments participated and which was directed against the criminal network, which requires a huge amount of money from desperate job seekers in Kenyan.
Generally, in the apartment in Ati-River Area 22 Kenyans was discovered, which is “expected to be sent to Russia.”
Police said the “mysterious syndicate of people’s entrepreneurs” offered Kenytsev to work in Moscow, after which he sent them to fight on the side of the Russian army in Ukraine.
According to detectives, the victims admitted that they signed contracts with an unnamed foreign agency, who was obliged to pay up to 18 thousand dollars for visas, travel, accommodation and other logistics costs. Some victims also added that they have already paid an advance of $ 1,500.
According to police, after they were recruited, many Kenyans returned home with physical and psychological injuries, and in some cases did not return. According to reports, two Kenyans recently returned to their homeland, one of them was already in the hospital.
An elderly officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kenya recently said that the country’s government has reviewed reports of some citizens who are said to have been brought to Russia and are now enclosed as prisoners of the war in Ukraine.
Coordinating headquarters representative in the treatment of war inmates, Pyotr Yatsenko, recently reported the Air Force that citizens Somali, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba and Sri Lanka, among others, are currently in prisoners of war camps. He added that “most African states show a little interest in the return of such citizens and do not want to accept them back.”
Earlier in September, in the direction of the Vovchan, Ukraine’s armed forces captured a Kenya citizen, who fought on the Russian side. Kenyz named Evans said he went to Russia as a tourist.
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