
Seven local residents convicted of organizing prostitution, involving minors, extortion and rape
The Zavodsky District Court of Kemerovo sentenced seven local residents to various terms of imprisonment for organizing prostitution, involving minors, extortion, robbery and rape.
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The gang operated from July 2022 to May 2025, using violence and threats against girls.
The Zavodsky District Court of Kemerovo sentenced seven local residents in the case of organizing prostitution. Lenta.ru was informed about this by the joint press center of the region’s courts.
The case was investigated under articles on organizing prostitution, including involving minors, subsequent coercion, as well as robbery, extortion and rape.
The investigation and the court established that the gang operated from July 2022 to May 2025. Its participants used violence and threatened girls with violence. Five of the seven defendants pleaded guilty. The organizer received 7.5 years in prison, one of the active participants was sentenced to 11 years in prison. The rest received two to four years probation.

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