More than twenty people have been rescued in Kenya from a suspected human trafficking network that promised them jobs in Russia but allegedly planned to send them to fight in Ukraine.
The rescue followed an intelligence-led raid by police at a residential apartment on the outskirts of Nairobi. During the operation, officers recovered recruitment materials, job offer letters, and travel documents believed to have been used to lure the victims.
Authorities confirmed that one suspect accused of coordinating the planned travel of the victims to Russia between September and October has been arrested. He was arraigned in court, where investigators were granted ten days to hold him as inquiries continue.
Police say the victims, many of them young and unemployed, had been misled with promises of lucrative job opportunities abroad. Instead, investigators suspect they were to be funneled into conflict zones under the guise of employment contracts.
The case has raised fresh concerns over the growing reach of human trafficking networks in Kenya, particularly those exploiting economic hardships to prey on job seekers. Security officials have urged the public to remain cautious when presented with foreign job offers that appear unusually attractive.
The victims are now under the care of authorities as efforts to trace other possible recruits and dismantle the wider network intensify.
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