Network transporting youthful Africans into slave-like jobs in Russia

Patricia Kilinga one of the individuals in Africa linked to Alabuga Start. [Association of European Investigative journalists/Courtesy]

Fresh revelations have emerged listing names and faces of individuals who work with Russian entities to facilitate the transportation of young African women to the Alabuga Start program in the Tatarstan republic -South East of Moscow.

Ten individuals from select African countries have been aiding the ferrying of the women- most of them youthful, into the area described in Moscow as Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The method of hiring is based on a promise of training opportunities and quick jobs for young people from different parts of the world and especially Africa.