The founder of the gang was taken into custody, the rest is decided by the court. The victims confiscated documents and were forced to perform prostitution.
Investigators in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk revealed and broken a gang of pimps, which worked in the territory of the Krasnoyarsk region and the Novosibirsk region and forced more than 20 women to provide sexual services. The DPA reported on Monday, TASR writes.
The gang consisted of 17 people – 12 men and five women – aged 17 to 38, informed the Department of the Investigation Committee (Askom) for the Krasnoyarsk region. The alleged founder of the gang was taken into custody after detention; The fate of the other detainees is decided by the court.
The gang originated in 2018 and focused on women and girls from poor conditions, which the pimples usually seized documents and then forced them to perform prostitution.
Women were forced to work for free
“For offenses such as escape, rejection of sex, drinking alcohol, girls were exposed to physical punishments and fines that were a multiple of their possible income, and they were also taken away from communication funds. Most women actually provided sexual services for free,” he said.
According to the investigators, the gang had up to 40 members, including drivers, accountant, security service armed with knives, gas and traumatic weapons and “recruitment department”, which led the database of sexual service providers and their clients. The gang rented saunas, massage salons and apartments to provide sexual services. There was a very strict discipline in the gang itself, adds DPA.
