The prosecutor's office together with the police exposed the religious organization in Kharkov, which illegally held about 20 people with drug addiction.

As reported by law enforcers, she organized the so-called "Center for Combating Drug Addiction and Alcoholism" in the Novobavar district of the city,.

"According to preliminary data, the Center worked as one of the religious organizations of the city. He was housed in an apartment in a block of flats. In four rooms, law enforcement officers found about 20 people, "the prosecutor's office said..

At the same time during the interrogation they all stated that they were being held there against their will.

On this fact criminal proceedings were opened on h. 1 st. 146 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Special operations in the "rehabilitation center," where more than 200 people were illegally detained. "The question of declaring suspicion and choosing a preventive measure for the head of the Center. Priority investigative actions continue, all the circumstances of the case are established. The maximum sanction of the article provides for 3 years of imprisonment, "the ministry added..