They offered secret work in Albania, used polygraphs for lie detection, and used violence as soon as they were hired.
An international Slavic organization is under investigation by the Special Prosecutor after the discovery of a base in Vlora at the end of the year, where several Ukrainian IT professionals were found working on computers.
Through still undisclosed applications, they carried out illegal activities by accessing the dark web where they employed others in European countries, among other things, for trafficking.
They had to be paid in bitcoins and recruits were also paid in virtual currencies.
Two of the trafficked victims who were introduced to the traffickers via telegram were on the list of witnesses who were questioned at the Special Court in the course of evidence gathering, others will be questioned in the future.
"I was recruited in Warsaw. Juri recruited me, they gave me a polygraph test to find out if I was connected to the police, if I was a journalist, if I was a user. I was paid $250 a week and $25 for anyone I recruited."
This is Daniel's testimony given in court on Monday. He, along with 18 others, was found locked in a house in the city of Vlora at the end of the year.
This case, under investigation by SPAK on charges of trafficking in adult persons, is in the phase of securing evidence to prevent their alteration.
Although the investigations have not been finalized, the Special Prosecution Office has assessed that the statements should be administered in a closed-door session and before a Special Judge, where all citizens who are already being held in a victim treatment center are being brought.
Authorities were activated after a complaint from the Ukrainian embassy based on information provided by Volodymir Savinov, who reported that his Ukrainian nephew was being forced to work under duress.
Another Ukrainian, Kiril, also testified in court that violence was used against trafficked persons, saying that he was raped because he had leaked information and that it was filmed, evidence that was sent to Warsaw.
When the police went to the referenced coordinates, they found six people in a living room with computers in front of them. And when the complainant's nephew was questioned, he recalled that he found the job through Telegram and that he was interviewed by a person with the nickname Fresko.
What the young man showed them after he was hired were horrific videos of violence showing employers breaking employees' limbs.
The work that the victims of trafficking have so far testified to is that of recruiting citizens to transport drugs, who, if they were convinced, would then be referred to two people nicknamed Mustang de Kika. During their stay in Albania, the young people's passports were taken away so that they would not escape.
SPAK is examining 27 phones and has also found 24 passports belonging to young people, who are suspected of being employed by a criminal organization abroad.
So far, citizens Nazar Khamulio and Mark Petrenko and a person identified by the victims as Oleh, who was known by the nickname 'Friday', have been identified and are under investigation.
Meanwhile, another, according to Ukrainians, named Karols Oskiera, nicknamed the veterinarian, had fled to Armenia.