In another area, a gang was identified that kidnapped men to be sent to war. The police chief was arrested.
In Ivanovo, following the Vologda and Sverdlovsk regions, a criminal group was identified that kidnapped men to be sent to the front in Ukraine. As reported in IvanovoNews, the head of the police department of the city's Komsomolsky District, Yuriy Shibaev, was accused of organizing an organized crime group. He is accused of kidnapping, fraud and unauthorized access to computer information as part of a group. On Thursday, the court ordered to extend the defendant's detention until January 2. According to the publication, these are kidnappings for the purpose of forcing them to go to war. 15 people are involved in the investigation. At least seven residents of Ivanovo suffered at the hands of attackers.
Shibaev, who served as head of the Interior Department since April 2024, pleaded not guilty and refused to testify. Previously, "Perisa" wrote that since the fall of 2024, at least six people have disappeared in the Ivanovo region. They were lured with promises of income or forcibly taken from their homes, which forced them to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense. The abductees were later found in a military unit in the Leningrad region. Local residents said the criminals were looking for unemployed villagers and alcohol abusers using local government lists. The day before, it became known that another organized crime group was exposed, which forcibly sent the residents of the Vologda region to war and forced them to conduct fictitious marriages in order to steal payments.
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