Human Trafficking: Interpol Investigates Russia’s Alabuga Start Program
Interpol has launched an investigation into a possible case of human trafficking involving the “Alabuga” factory in Tatarstan, Russia, which specializes in the production of drones used in attacks on Ukraine. This initiative follows reports from Botswana, where suspicious activities related to the recruitment of young African women were detected.
Since 2022, around 350 women from impoverished countries—particularly in Africa—are believed to have been transferred to the Alabuga factory. Under the guise of prestigious and well-paid internships, these young women were in fact assigned to drone production tasks—a blatant discrepancy from the roles they had been promised.
Documents revealed by Yahoo News indicate that Russia aims to recruit up to 8,500 additional women by 2025, raising s...
