A young man from Armenia, who settled in Moldova, was sentenced to eight years in jail for trafficking in persons for forced labor, IPN reports, quoting the Prosecutor General’s Office.
The culprit promised 14 Moldovans jobs in the construction sector in Russia and salaries of US$1,000 a month. The men were transported to Krasnodar town, where they were deprived of passports. During about two months, the men worked in the construction sector without rest days, until late at night. They lived in freight cars without electricity, heat and water and were to pay for food out of their own pocket. They weren’t even paid for what they did. When the men returned to Moldova, they informed the police.
The Buiucani Court ordered that the offender remunerate the victims for the work they did.
According to statistics of the Prosecutor General’s Office, 78 victims of human trafficking for forced labor (20 women and 58 men) were identified in the first nine months of this year, as against 79 victims in the corresponding period last year. In the period, there were started 31 criminal cases over such offenses, as opposed to 27 in the first nine months of 2013.
