Alexander Tsai, un ciudadano ruso de 28 años, fue detenido en Buenos Aires por mantener a su pareja en condiciones de esclavitud y obligarla a prostituirse. La mujer, también de nacionalidad rusa, fue rescatada gracias a la intervención de una asociación contra la trata de personas. La pareja residía en un departamento alquilado cerca del Congreso argentino. Este caso ha puesto el foco sobre los alquileres temporarios y las dificultades para controlar lo que ocurre dentro de estas propiedades.
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00:00The most guarded places in Argentina.
00:02Well, a Russian proxenitor.
00:05A very young Russian proxenitor, less than 30 years old, who forced and enslaved his partner.
00:11Sole, we are talking about Callao Avenue at 300.
00:15This man, who you see on the screen, of Russian nationality, Alexander,
00:21had his own captive partner in his apartment,
00:27an apartment rented to three blocks from the Congress,
00:31to force her, as if she were a slave, to prostitute herself with different clients.
00:38This woman was rescued.
00:40Now we are going to see an image of Javi, and you will give us more information,
00:43but this is the moment of the detention of Alexander Tsai.
00:4728 years old.
00:48Russian citizen, 28 years old, as you say.
00:51They are taking him for the action, I insist, of an association that fights against trafficking,
00:58that detected this case, that got involved, that pushed the city police,
01:02which also did a good job, of course, for this to come to light.
01:06The proxenitor, whom we are seeing on the screen, inside the apartment,
01:11Sole had all kinds of elements that prove, a priori,
01:16that in that place there were sexual activities for money,
01:19but also to open suspicions, look at what was seized in that apartment,
01:24to the possibility that videos were also filmed, which were then sold.
01:28Obviously, everything with a forced woman.
01:30Look, there are katanas, there are axes.
01:33Let's see, we are not talking about a couple who decides how to get out of work,
01:37one films the other and uploads the videos to OnlyFans.
01:40We are talking about a woman enslaved and forced by this Russian man,
01:45she is also Russian, with an aggravator.
01:47They are out of their country, they are in a foreign land,
01:52and she had no way of getting out of that situation.
01:55She was forced to do everything that went on inside that apartment.
01:59Exactly.
02:00Look, the division of crimes against, in this case, vulnerable groups,
02:05and human trafficking.
02:06I want to mention it because it is a new division,
02:10not from now, but from a very short time ago, for precisely this type of events.
02:14A Russian couple comes to Argentina a couple of years ago,
02:18they settle here, they recorded erotic videos,
02:22that is, the woman agreed to this,
02:25until one day this man began to subdue her,
02:29he began to force her and added something else.
02:32What he wanted to do with her, and in fact he did,
02:34that's why he also denounces her,
02:36is to start selling her sexually.
02:40This woman did not want it, he began to threaten her,
02:43he began to detain her,
02:44everything that we always count on in human trafficking crimes.
02:48He kept her passport,
02:50he did not let her handle money,
02:52if she went out, she went out with him.
02:54He enslaved her.
02:55He practically enslaved her, he locked her up,
02:58and we are talking a few meters from the Congress of the Nation.
03:01That ends up giving it an unusual character.
03:04We are right in that place,
03:06our partner Carlos Estrione is here,
03:09from the place where this Russian citizen was detained
03:13and a victim was released.
03:15Carlos, it is shocking to see the place where you are located,
03:19which is the Congress of the Nation.
03:21You're just there, tell us, Carlos.
03:26How are you, good afternoon.
03:27The complete information is as you just told it.
03:30Now I'm going to show you the place where all this happened,
03:33because, as you said,
03:35three and a half blocks from the Congress of the Nation,
03:38339 Callao Avenue.
03:41Here on the right we have the house of the province of Coroba,
03:45the house of the government of Chaco.
03:47I mean, it is an area, I tell you,
03:49of the most transited that the city of Buenos Aires has.
03:52And now I'm going to show you, because this was a place,
03:55and I want to put the point in the temporary rentals,
03:58because this couple had rented here,
04:01here on the 339, first floor, apartment 1 of Callao Avenue,
04:06through an application, the best known of all,
04:09of temporary rentals for rented apartments.
04:13Well, the issue is, what happens to a person who rents a place
04:17and loses, excuse me,
04:19loses contact with the people who are inside their apartment?
04:25This is the place.
04:26The police arrived here, as Javier already said.
04:29But look, we are going to move so that you understand where we are working, yes?
04:33Hostel next door, yes?
04:35One of the most sought-after areas by tourists.
04:38About two months ago, the city police, as they say,
04:42the JERGA, began to walk this place,
04:44as a result of the complaint made by the Mother Association of Victims of Treason,
04:48and they came to rescue this woman, who is already in custody,
04:51she is already contained by the state.
04:54And the man, of course, 28 years old, nothing more,
04:57of Russian nationality, detained.
04:58We are moving slowly, but for you to see,
05:02the great movement here and here.
05:03I have to say something too.
05:05They had never noticed any strange movement,
05:08the other inhabitants of that building.
05:11Both the manager, the doorman, a cleaning lady,
05:14people who assisted the police at a time when they had to enter.
05:18They had never noticed any strange movement.
05:21But hey, the truth is that this girl was being subjected by her boyfriend,
05:26and attention, because this young man is now under the law of treatment.
05:31It is not a minor issue.
05:33We are talking about a high penalty and a very, very serious crime.