Sri Lanka remands suspects arrested for scam to send ex-soldiers to serve in Russia-Ukraine warSri Lanka remands suspects arrested for scam to send ex-soldiers to serve in Russia-Ukraine war
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May 17, 2024 01:59
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A Sri Lankan court has remanded till May 30 the five suspects, including a retired Major General, arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation to send former military personnel to serve in the Russian and Ukrainian forces amidst their ongoing war.
The Sri Lankan mercenaries had joined the Russian and Ukrainian forces after unscrupulous foreign employment agencies misled them in the name of foreign employment, according to police.
The former major, a Sergeant of the Sri Lanka Army and three people from a foreign employment agency had facilitated the ex-military personnel's travel by charging large sums of money.
