In the Volyn region, law enforcement officers shut down a criminal channel for trafficking women from Ukraine to Poland for the purpose of their sexual exploitation. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine \n \nAs noted in the press service, the operation of this channel was ensured by an international organized group that included citizens of Ukraine and Poland. The organizer of the criminal activity was a 41-year-old female citizen of Ukraine who, during 2002-2005, in collusion with accomplices, recruited and trafficked 23 residents of the western regions of Ukraine to Poland for the purpose of their sexual exploitation. When communicating with her future victims, Nataliia promised to employ them in Poland, prepare documents for traveling abroad, and provide transportation. \n \nAfter obtaining consent, the suspect instructed her 43-year-old accomplice to process the foreign passport, visa, and other documentation. The transportation of the women abroad to bars and nightclubs in Poland, where the Ukrainian women were to provide sexual services, as well as the transfer of money to the organizer from the owners of such establishments, was carried out by the 38-year-old cousin of the leader of the criminal group. \n \nOn July 17, 2005, the investigative department of the UMVS of Ukraine in the Volyn region opened a criminal case against the members of the organized group on the grounds of the elements of a crime provided for by Part 3 of Article 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (trafficking in persons). The organizer and all members of the group were detained. \n \nBased on the results of working through the criminal connections of the suspect, facts of document forgery and procuring for the purpose of debauchery were discovered, and the criminal activity of a 29-year-old female citizen of Ukraine, the cohabitant of the owner of one of the entertainment complexes in Poland, who bought women from the aforementioned person for 300-800 US dollars for the purpose of their sexual exploitation, was documented. \n \n