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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Christopher McKeon

UK sanctions Russian networks suspected of trafficking migrants to fight in Ukraine

Britain has imposed a raft of new sanctions targeting Russian networks accused of trafficking vulnerable people from Africa and the Middle East to serve on the front lines in Ukraine.

The 35 new measures, announced on Tuesday, aim to dismantle operations that reportedly trick people from countries including Nigeria, Syria, and Yemen with false promises of a better life, only to send them directly to the battlefield.

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