Peru launches investigation after citizens allegedly trafficked to fight Russia's war in Ukraine

"Peru's Specialized Prosecutor's Offices for Human Trafficking Crimes have launched an investigation after receiving complaints that Peruvian citizens were deceptively recruited into fighting Russia's war against Ukraine, the government announced.

Relatives of allegedly trafficked individuals reported that their loved ones received misleading job offers to work as security guards or in other capacities in Russia, along with promises of financial rewards.
Once the recruits arrived in Russia, they were allegedly forced into combat operations in the full-scale war against Ukraine.
Peru's Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Human Trafficking Crimes in Lima has opened a preliminary investigation into "the alleged crime against human dignity, specifically in the forms of human trafficking and aggravated human trafficking," the government said." KI