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One hundred and thirty women are victims in the case, among them citizens of Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Moldova and Russia.
Lt. Col. Dmitry Strykanov of the foreign military intelligence directorate (GRU) got 12 years in a high security prison and lost his rank.
The same court earlier found 11 of the 13 suspects in this case guilty.
But the court found charges of organizing a criminal group, brought against Strykanov, unproven, and named Igor Slearev and Avi Yanai as the group's leaders.
Yanai and Slesarev got the longest terms, respectively 18 and 19 years, in a high security prison, plus a fine amounting to 600,000 rubles each of them will have to pay.
Of the eleven convicted criminals two got suspended sentences, including Anna Stoyan who was granted a five year period of probation, and Igor Vlad, who got a five-year suspended sentence.
Some of the victims' lawsuits have been granted and they will get more than 2 million rubles in damages, in all.
Through deceit the criminal group drew women and smuggled them to Europe and the Middle East, where they were forced to engage in prostitution, according to the Prosecutor General's Office.
In early May, Russian military investigators in cooperation with foreign colleagues detained an organizer of the criminal group in Moscow, who was taken into custody.
Charges of organizing a criminal group and human trafficking were brought against Strykanov, Vlad, Valery Belov, Yury Frolov, Vadim Stoyan , Oleg Chaikin and Slesarev.
Yanai had been convicted twice in Haifa, Israel. Israeli police are investigating several cases in relation to Yanai, including on counts of trafficking in humans and fraud, the Prosecutor General's Office said.
One hundred and thirty women are victims in the case, among them citizens of Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Moldova and Russia. Most of the women were sold to Israel, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, Holland and the United Arab Emirates.
Ukraine
Moscow, April 26/ 2011(Interfax) - The Moscow District Military Court has handed down guilty verdicts to a group, suspected of kidnapping women and smuggling them abroad for sexual exploitation, and sentenced them to five to 19 years in jail. Lt. Col. Dmitry Strykanov of the foreign military intelligence directorate (GRU) got 12 years in a high security prison and lost his rank.
The same court earlier found 11 of the 13 suspects in this case guilty.
But the court found charges of organizing a criminal group, brought against Strykanov, unproven, and named Igor Slearev and Avi Yanai as the group's leaders.
Yanai and Slesarev got the longest terms, respectively 18 and 19 years, in a high security prison, plus a fine amounting to 600,000 rubles each of them will have to pay.
Of the eleven convicted criminals two got suspended sentences, including Anna Stoyan who was granted a five year period of probation, and Igor Vlad, who got a five-year suspended sentence.
Some of the victims' lawsuits have been granted and they will get more than 2 million rubles in damages, in all.
Through deceit the criminal group drew women and smuggled them to Europe and the Middle East, where they were forced to engage in prostitution, according to the Prosecutor General's Office.
In early May, Russian military investigators in cooperation with foreign colleagues detained an organizer of the criminal group in Moscow, who was taken into custody.
Charges of organizing a criminal group and human trafficking were brought against Strykanov, Vlad, Valery Belov, Yury Frolov, Vadim Stoyan , Oleg Chaikin and Slesarev.
Yanai had been convicted twice in Haifa, Israel. Israeli police are investigating several cases in relation to Yanai, including on counts of trafficking in humans and fraud, the Prosecutor General's Office said.
One hundred and thirty women are victims in the case, among them citizens of Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Moldova and Russia. Most of the women were sold to Israel, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, Holland and the United Arab Emirates.
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