Organizers of a “workhouse” who held people by force were detained in the Moscow region

Those detained in the case of illegal imprisonment of citizens in the Moscow region threatened the victims with weapons and stun guns, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk told reporters.

According to preliminary data, the attackers rented a private three-story cottage in Ramenskoye and used it as a “workhouse.” The suspects found people who found themselves in difficult life situations, including foreigners, and offered them work with the provision of a bed and food.

“The citizens who agreed were taken away from their documents and telephones, after which, under the threat of using weapons and stun guns, they were forced to work without official registration at various commercial sites. Most often, this work was paid minimally, and the defendants took the main profit from the work performed for themselves,” she said.

One of the illegally detained men managed to escape and reported everything to the police.

The police, with the support of the National Guard, detained five suspects: two alleged organizers and two managers of the workhouse, as well as a recruiter. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Article 127 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Illegal imprisonment). Four defendants were taken into custody, one is under house arrest.