Criminal gang exposed for tricking girls into being sent to Turkey

Law enforcement agencies exposed a criminal group that, since 2020, had been luring women from Samarkand to Turkey by deception and forcing them into prostitution. Podrobno.uz reports. The group members promised victims high-paying jobs, then upon arrival in Istanbul confiscated their passports and coerced them into prostitution. The organizer of the network turned out to be a 39-year-old woman born in Samarkand region and living in Istanbul. She coordinated the process and made arrangements with hotels, while her 37-year-old accomplice in Samarkand searched for women facing financial hardship. For sending each victim abroad, the intermediary received $400. оператив officers detained the suspects during an attempt to take two more victims out of the country. The victims were rescued at the capital’s airport before departure. A criminal case has been opened against the group members under Article 135, Part 2 of the Criminal Code (human trafficking). Law enforcement is currently continuing the investigation to determine the full scope of the group’s activities and identify all individuals victimized over the years. Read “Zamin” on Telegram!