Forced alcoholics to work for free on construction: a pseudo-rehabilitation center was exposed in the Kyiv region

Three residents of Kyiv region are suspected of recruiting alcohol and drug addicts into forced labor. Instead of the promised rehabilitation, people were forced to work for free on a construction site in Hostomel. This is reported by the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, writes UNN.

Under the procedural guidance of the Holosiivskyi District Prosecutor's Office of the city of Kyiv, three residents of the Kyiv region were notified of suspicion, who, under the pretext of rehabilitating alcohol and drug addicts, recruited people into forced labor, using their vulnerable position (Part 2 of Article 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)

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According to the investigation, men and women who have problems with alcohol and drugs, as well as their relatives, turned to one of the religious organizations in the Kyiv region. There they were recommended a rehabilitation center, where they promised to help get rid of addictions, change their lives and find a job in the future. In addition, clients who did not have housing, work and abused alcohol were searched for by the organizers of the center themselves. However, instead of treatment, "patients" were forced to work for free on construction sites.

It is noted that the "rehabilitation center" operated in Hostomel, Kyiv region. Residents were settled in a house with inadequate living conditions and turned into virtually forced laborers, because the organizers of the scheme received money for their work on the construction site. At the same time, people's documents were taken away, they could not use the phone, leave the house on their own or refuse to work. Women cooked and cleaned the house.

During the searches, there were 15 residents in the house. The work of people on construction sites has also been documented.

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