Post by Scumhunter on Oct 26, 2015 22:57:16 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: amw.com archives)
Fugitive Profile as of October 26th, 2015: (based on very old AMW archives, please contact site if you have more recent information)
D.O.B: 01-13-63
Sex: Male
Race: Russian
Height: 5 ' 9 "
Weight: 160 lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blond
TIPS: Based on wanted description, our advice for anyone with information on Tcharouchie's whereabouts would be to contact the FBI's Chicago field office: www.fbi.gov/chicago
As a result of a two year investigation, federal agents broke a sex slave ring in Chicago. The ring was allegedly operated by Alexander Mishulovich, a US Citizen,Vadim Gorr, a US citizen from the Ukraine, and Serguie Tcharouchine, from Russia. The arrests were made on September 10, 1998 and they were indicted in December 1998. Mishulovich is in federal custody, while Tcharouchine is an international fugitive. Agents believe he could be travelling between the US and Russia.
The indictment charges Tcharouchine and his associates with luring young women from the Eastern European country of Latvia to Chicago. The women were promised jobs as dancers for an annual salary of $60,000. The indictment alleges the women were not told they would become nude dancers. Also, it alleges the women were locked in an apartment, had no access to a phone and were beatened. The women were forced to dance at several Chicago night clubs nude and all their profits went to Tcharouchine and Mishulovich. The victims, who became sex slaves, are free from their captors and fear for their lives."
Thoughts? The above is an admittedly very old case description for Tcharouchine, who was aired on the May 1st, 1999 episode of America's Most Wanted. As far as I can tell, he's still-at-large as of this update (10/26/2015), but please e-mail us if you have proof otherwise. I've included a link that goes into more detail on the ring itself and not just Tcharouchine:
web.archive.org/web/20031210060737/http://www.amw.com/site/archives/19990430/stcharouchie.html
www.ipsn.org/organized_crime/prostitution/surviving_chicago.htm
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