Mercenary recruitment network dismantled in Cuba
Cuban authorities dismantled a network involved in recruitment to support Russia's participation in the special military operation being held in Ukraine. teleSUR
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00:00 Cuban Interior Ministry authorities confirmed on Thursday the arrest of 17 people linked
00:05 to a human trafficking network that works to incorporate Cuban citizens into war operations
00:10 in Ukraine.
00:11 Specialists of the General Directorate of the Criminal Investigation of the Ministry
00:15 of the Interior informed that among the people arrested are those who belong to a recruitment
00:20 scheme that operated within the island.
00:23 The organizers of this criminal activity identified individuals with criminal records or members
00:28 with dysfunctional families to incorporate them into a sort of network of mercenary captures
00:35 as confirmed by Colonel Cesar Rodriguez, head of the unit.
00:43 All the investigations carried out by the Ministry of the Interior have so far detained
00:48 17 persons, one of whom is the internal organizer of these activities, responsible for the internal
00:56 organization of the activity, supported by two other persons also residents in the country,
01:03 who are the ones looking for the Cubans, the nationals interested in enlisting in this
01:08 war-like conflict.