The Sumgait Court of Appeal has completed a hearing on the appeal against the verdict against Zamina Badalzade (name and surname conditional – ed.), accused of human trafficking, oxu.az reports. At the trial chaired by Judge Rashadat Agayev, a decision was read out according to which the appeal was not satisfied.
According to the prosecution, Zamina Badalzade (born in 1960), acting as part of an organized group with another woman previously convicted by the verdict of the Baku Grave Crimes Court on November 25, 2020, abused the vulnerable position of Azerbaijani women by deceiving them. The criminal group also threatened the victims, seized and withheld their passports, and committed illegal actions with documents. The accused subjected the women to sexual exploitation in Turkey.
The Sumgait Court for Grave Crimes sentenced Z. Badalzade to 8 years of imprisonment.
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