As a result of joint operational measures and investigative actions, the employees of the main division for the fight against trafficking and illegal migration of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the division for the fight against trafficking and illegal migration, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the Labor Inspection Service detained N.G., (DoB 1981), with trafficking charges.

The committed crime envisions up to 15 years in prison.

The investigation established that the accused N.G. developed a scheme of human trafficking and in order to complete the aforementioned and to perform labor exploitation, he employed four persons in his farm with psychological pressure and threats of physical retribution. The defendant forbade the victims to leave the area and use their mobile phones.

All four of them were forced to do whatever N.G. ordered, even if it wasn’t related to their work on the farm.

If the victims refused to comply with the demands of the accused person, or remained unsatisfied with the work done, they were physically abused.

The investigation is being conducted under the second and third parts of Article 143 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.