Amid a spate of recent arrests on charges of human trafficking, police and government officials in Zimbabwe are investigating an elaborate recruitment network responsible for funneling men into Russian military service under false pretenses. “What we are seeing are not isolated incidents but indications of organised networks exploiting socio-economic vulnerabilities,” security analyst Effie Dlela Ncube told Zimbabwean newspaper NewsDay for a July 25 article. Recruits travel to Russia, where the promised jobs disappear. Zimbabwean human rights activist Mbuso Fuzwayo said the allegations exhibit all the characteristics of human trafficking. But the Russian Army treats foreign fighters as a disposable resource, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.