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July 23, 2025, 8:41 p.m.
Odesa woman faces 12 years in prison for human trafficking for sexual exploitation
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Photo: National Police
Operatives of the Migration Police Department of the Main Department of the National Police in Odesa region, together with investigators of the Izmail District Police Department and officers of the 26th Border Guard Detachment, exposed and documented the woman's illegal actions. The suspect faces up to 12 years in prison.
Law enforcement officers established that the 27-year-old resident of Odesa, in collusion with unidentified persons, was recruiting women aged 19 to 34 for sexual slavery. She organized the search and selection of unsuspecting women to provide intimate services under the pretext of employment as maids in hotels abroad.
Promising free airline tickets and decent wages, the woman misled the victims and received profits from her accomplices.
She found the three women, aged 19 to 34, among her friends and in specially created groups in one of the messengers, hiding behind the offer of employment as maids in a hotel.
Photo: National Police
The woman has now been detained and charged with recruiting persons for the purpose of exploitation by taking advantage of the deception and vulnerable state of the victims, including repeatedly, with the transfer of persons, by prior conspiracy by a group of persons - under Part 2 of Article 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. She faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property. The investigation has been completed and the indictment has been sent to court. Public prosecution in court will be supported by the Izmail District Prosecutor's Office.
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