Macedonians uncovered human beings traffikers

Skoplje /24 July 2008/ - Operators of Macedonian Interior Ministry, located in Tetovo police office, uncovered in the village of Zerovljane, in the northwest of the country, four Serbian young women and a Bulgarian illegaly confined in the „Orient As“ bar owned by a certin local Albanian Alija A. (38) from the nearby village Bogovinje.

In the wallow of Albanian white slave traffickers, widely known in this area of Macedonia as a center of prostitution, the police uncovered, during a raid on the premises of the bar, two illegaly confined Serbian girls M.P. (23) and T.D. (21), hidden under a menhole cover in the yard, next to the nightclub facility. Two compatriots and fellow travellers Z.V. (23) and A.S. (25) were found in a room that served for „rest and amusement“, while the Bulgarian woman Z.T. (31) was uncovered in an improvised bunker under the grill in the kichen.

The local`s owner is brought in for questionning before an investigative judge in Tetovo. Is is supposed that girls were taken to the organization of Albanian white slave traffickers in Macedonia one month ago with forged papers.

The owner Alija A. was already previously accused by five criminal charges, from which three were of smuggling migrants. He faced for two times prison and pecuniary sentences. (Source: „Novosti“)