Five members of trafficking group to stand trial

Five of eight active members of an organized human trafficking group, including three women, will stand trial. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the group trafficked 15 women aged between 18 and 26 from the south of Moldova over a year, Info-Prim Neo reports. The group members selected young women from socially vulnerable families and promised them well-paid jobs in Turkey, Cyprus, Dubai, etc. They even prepared their papers and assured the transportation, covering all expenses. When the victims reached the destination, they were deprived of their phones and IDs and forced into prostitution for 3 to 6 months to repay their debts, which were usually claimed to be between $3000 and $7000. After the criminal proceedings were started, several of the victims used their right to demand moral reparations between 300,000 and 350,000 lei. The traffickers and their accomplices communicated via Internet. They sent the girls’ files with attached photos. One of the organizers of the groups is the interim leader of the enterprise “Household utilities Cahul”. The other suspects will be prosecuted separately, while the investigators try to discover their location and to identify the other victims, at least 14. Currently, 4 of 5 the accused are in custody.