A Moscow court on September 5 sent three officers of a notorious immigration center in Sakharovo, near Moscow, to pretrial detention for at least two months on corruption charges. Abdulgazip Mustapayev, Olga Adakina, and Rudik Teknedzhyan were charged with fraud. Investigators say the trio extorted money from migrants awaiting deportation, promising expedited trips to their homelands. The center has been known for its cruel treatment of migrant workers from Central Asian and the Caucasus. Many migrants who went through Sakharovo have claimed they were humiliated, beaten, and deprived of their money while being held there. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
3 Officers Of Moscow Migrants Center Arrested On Corruption Charges
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