Police in Kryvyi Rih have shut down a trafficking route used to smuggle women abroad and force them into prostitution.

A 37-year-old perpetrator was recruiting women in difficult situations, offering them jobs in nightclubs in the Czech Republic with a promise of €100 per hour. Her plan involved smuggling these women across the border for employment in the sex industry. The bus transporting the women was stopped at a border crossing. During authorized searches, police discovered physical evidence, including mobile phones and handwritten notes that confirmed the suspect's plans.

https://dp.reporter.ua/articles/policejjski-krivogo-rogu-perekrili-kanal-vivezennja-zhinok-za-kordon-ta-vtjagnennja-yikh-u-prostituciju2025-01-29 10:13:31

On January 25, a woman was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. She has been informed of suspicion under Part 1 of Article 149 (human trafficking) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The woman faces up to 8 years of imprisonment.

Investigative measures were carried out by police officers from the Migration Police Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Dnipropetrovsk region and investigators from Police Station No. 4 of the Kryvyi Rih District Police Department, in collaboration with the Operational Search Department of the Eastern Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. The procedural supervision of the criminal proceedings is conducted by the Kryvyi Rih Central District Prosecutor's Office.