correction, the place was philly where the brothers were on trial,
there are plenty of stories about ukraine citizens bringing other ukrainians into the usa and using them. and I'm sure russians are not immune to it.
many bring in young girls for prostitution and other abuses. the most recent trial in philly was about deeds that took place in an area of philly known as the 'russian' part of philly. there was rape and strong arm tactics used. basically indentured servants is what they became but they were treated as slaves. I have been there (philly) to the two better known russian markets. actually a good place to shop for authentic russian foods. some russians and ukrainians have carved out a little niche and a new life. still others, who knows what their fate may be. it is a crime this happens. and judging by the percentage of those that get caught against those that commit such crimes...
Ralph,, what you wrote about is all around us online and while in the FSU!
When I first joined one of our social networks here in the US, I was inundated with friend requests from pretty young women, who turned out to be nothing more than web cam girls! I almost never respond to these kinds of girls,,, but one was really cute,, and it was late at night. She gave me her webcam link, and I followed her to the site. When I got there,,,, it wasn’t her! Similar,, but not her! Realizing it was a super scam, I logged off and went to bed. The next day,,,, I was flooded with emails from that website,, all X-rated. This went on for over a week and I decided to contact the website and tell them to take me off of their list. They actually returned my request, and said I must cancel on the website. I went to the website and looked for the cancel button,,,,, and looked,,, and looked, and eventually found it, but before I did, I found a photo of a girl, who looked like someone I had wrote to on Aweb.
She was one of their,,, of what I call; “chat-whores”!! I started to chat with her a little while waiting for my date to show up in Kiev. Not wanting to chat, I tried to get her to write letters instead. I would get one letter,,,, then wait weeks and get another one. I told her; I needed to see much more interest from her to take her seriously. I waited a month for her reply!! But her reply was one of desperation??? She needed me, she wanted to be with me, she has strong feelings for me,,,, etc!! I might have waited a week to send a reply, and when I did,,,, her profile was gone!! She didn’t ask for money, or say she was in trouble,, she was just gone!!
I didn’t have a fast enough internet connection at that time for two way video chat,,, so I could see her, but she could not see me! I chatted with her and asked her questions. I asked her where she was from,,,, she said Poland? I then told her;,, she looked like a friend of mine from Gorlovka, Ukraine named Gallina!!! She got very agitated and disconnected! I’m quite sure it was her!!!
Another story from the same source, was when a gorgeous Russian girl living in New York wanted to be my friend!! I knew where this was going,,,, so I just asked her; Why do you want to be my friend??? No answer! In her profile, she now has about 60 male friends,,, all middle aged! She works for a website that caters to men! Dates, escorts, massage, parties, sex, or anything else!! She has a video and a picture gallery in her profile,,, I recognize half of the girls, most are from Aweb!!!
I’m sure there are thousands of girls like this, who are promised a good life and a good job in any western country,,, only to find themselves penny less, and with no one to turn to. Their only option is to do the jobs they were chosen for,,, nude models, sex slaves.
One more thing to think about,,,,, the people who recruit these young women are most likely the local agencies. Who else is in a better position to find these young beauties,,,, especially the ones that are down on their luck and desperate!!