A 28-year-old man from Hâncești will be tried because he sexually exploited a girl aged 13 from Balti. He acted in concert with a girl aged 17 when he recruited the minor who was accommodated and sexually exploited in an apartment rented in Chisinau, IPN reports.

The Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases said that the girl had been sexually exploited during April-May 2022. The man earned large revenues as a result as he offered the girl money only for food. After two month of sexual exploitation, the girl left the apartment. She later denounced the man to the police and claimed 27,000 lei damages from him.

The man absconded and was put on the wanted list. He was arrested on the Chisinau International Airproof on his arrival from Germany and was remanded in custody.  His female accomplice is now reportedly in Russia and is wanted. They both face 15 to 20 years in jail for trafficking in children.

The teenage girl is now in the care of her grandmother in Balti. She benefited from psychological counseling.