Amnesty labels Russia's foreign recruitment for Ukraine war as human trafficking
Amnesty International says Russia illegally recruits foreign nationals into its military for the Ukraine war using deception, confiscation of documents, coercion, and deportation threats, with contracts signed without informed consent; the practices meet the UN Palermo Protocol definition of human trafficking. The report cites interviews with prisoners of war from numerous countries and notes international protests and repatriation efforts as thousands of foreign fighters have been identified in Russia’s forces.
