Owner of agency that sent workers to Russia arrested

BELGRADE, CACAK The owner of the Cacak-based travel agency Hey You has been placed under arrest on charges of human trafficking, the police said. He is suspected of using his agency to organize departure of workers to Russia, although the company was not licensed to do this. Owner of agency that sent workers to Russia arrested The police said that the person they arrested, identified as 59-year-old D.K., is suspected of deceiving the workers - more than 100 in all - promising they would receive work visas, and have accommodation and regular wages. The workers who wished to leave the construction sites in Sochi and return to Serbia were unable to do so because they were falsely led to believe that they had to hand over their passports to the contractor so they could receive visas, said the police. In this way, left without personal documents and money to pay for the trip back, the workers "had to continue working, so they could afford food and a bus ticket." The statement also noted that a number of workers from Serbia had already been deported from Russia. One group from Serbia and Bosnia was flown back on a charter plane sent by the Serbian government on Tuesday. Tanjug

Owner of agency that sent workers to Russia arrested

The police said that the person they arrested, identified as 59-year-old D.K., is suspected of deceiving the workers - more than 100 in all - promising they would receive work visas, and have accommodation and regular wages.

The workers who wished to leave the construction sites in Sochi and return to Serbia were unable to do so because they were falsely led to believe that they had to hand over their passports to the contractor so they could receive visas, said the police.

In this way, left without personal documents and money to pay for the trip back, the workers "had to continue working, so they could afford food and a bus ticket."

The statement also noted that a number of workers from Serbia had already been deported from Russia.

One group from Serbia and Bosnia was flown back on a charter plane sent by the Serbian government on Tuesday.