They posed as child protection authorities, took the child, and sold them to other families. Child traffickers will be tried in the Rostov Region.

Investigative committee sent A criminal case regarding the purchase and sale of children was brought to court.

According to the prosecution, in 2021, a criminal group of five people visited women with many children who were in financial difficulties. They posed as employees of child protection agencies and removed the child, citing inadequate living conditions. To legitimize their actions, they forced the women to sign fictitious documents.

As a result, in one month, three boys at the ages of 10 months, three years, and seven years. They were subsequently sold to other families living in Sverdlovsk, Samara и Ulyanovsk region.

How to сообщает The Telegram channel "Oper Slil" (Oper Leaked) used children for begging, after first plied them with alcohol or sleeping pills to stop them from crying.

One of the mothers only became suspicious six months after handing her son over. She was the one who contacted the police.

At the same time, the publication "Caucasus. Realities" notesthat all the children were stolen from Roma families for subsequent sale to Roma families in other regions.

After police intervention, all the children were returned to their parents. Four of the accused are in custody, and one is under house arrest.

Photo: Rostov Region Investigative Committee