(Helsinki Times) A dual Finnish-Russian citizen is suspected of aggravated human trafficking after allegedly taking her minor children into a conflict zone controlled by the Islamic State in Syria in 2014, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced on Thursday.
The woman, now in her 40s and living in the Helsinki region, is accused of exposing her children to life-threatening conditions in an area ruled by a terrorist organisation, violating their human dignity and right to safety. The preliminary investigation, which has taken over a year, has now concluded.
Authorities say she transported her children to territory held by ISIS during the height of the group’s control in Syria. They later ended up in the al-Hol displacement camp in the country’s northeast, where thousands of foreign nationals were held after the group’s collapse.
