In Kyiv, law enforcement officers exposed a night club suspected of drug trafficking, blackmailing customers through hidden video recording and using municipal security officers to ensure illegal activities. About this reported Headquarters of the National Police in the Kyiv region.
For data “Stopkor”, an institution called “Tutsi” is located in the building where the mayor of the capital Vitaliy Klitschko lives. The perpetrators kept more than 30 women there and forced them to provide sexual services.
Operatives of the Department of Migration Police, together with the investigators of the Kyiv region police, identified the organizers and members of a criminal group engaged in human trafficking. The group included people who were involved in both organization and administration, as well as ensuring the protection of the club. Two of them are foreigners with criminal records for similar crimes.
Under the guise of offers to work as dancers, the perpetrators invited women to the club, and then, threatening them, forced them to provide intimate services to clients. More than 30 women worked in the institution under constant supervision, who were under pressure from the organizers.
During the authorized searches of the premises of the club, houses and cars of the participants, law enforcement officers seized cash, computers, mobile phones, drafts and other material evidence.
The actions of the suspects were classified according to ch. 2 Art. 149 (human trafficking) and ch. 2 Art. 303 (pimping or involving a person in prostitution) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Currently, the issue of choosing precautionary measures and reporting suspicion to other members of the group is being resolved, depending on their role in the illegal activity.
