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Vincent Achuka

Nairobi
As seen in: Daily Nation, Nairobi News, Nation Africa, The Standard (Kenya), AllAfrica, Daily Monitor, The East African, Business Daily Africa, The Citizen (Tanzania), Ask By Geeks and
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Vincent Achuka is an award winning investigations and special projects reporter for the weekend editions at the Standard Media Group.

He has specific interests in crime, corruption, human interest stories, transport, aviation, business and urban trends.

Prior to joining the Standard he worked for the Sunday Nation and before that for the the Ghetto Mirror, a community Newspaper ran by Shining Hope for Communities-an international NGO that focuses on social issues in the informal settlements o…

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Human trafficking networks hiring fighters for Russian army change tactics

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By Vincent Achuka
| The Standard (Kenya)
Samuel Maina, Ex Kenya Airforce pilot In past photos.He now serves in Russia's war against Ukraine. [Courtesy, Standard] Ayub Ibrahim was so eager to travel to Russia that I could feel the enthusiasm in his text messages when he informed me that he had finally made it to Kampala, Uganda, and was waiting for his traffickers to send him a plane ticket to Istanbul, Turkey, where he would catch a connecting flight to Moscow.
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Agencies of slavery: Recruiters behind Kenya-Russia trafficking ring revealed

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By Vincent Achuka
| The Standard (Kenya)
The main entrance of Talent Shepherd, Eden Plaza 3rd floor room number 14. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] Nothing had prepared the six young men who had flown for over 10 hours from Nairobi using two connecting flights plus a 12-hour layover in Istanbul, Turkey, for what was waiting for them on the ground at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia. Among the six was George Gichia, a 34-year-old father of one who had worked as a bus conductor for the last five years.
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Suspects name recruiters behind KenyaRussia trafficking ring

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By Vincent Achuka
| The Standard (Kenya)
The main entrance of Talent Shepherd, Eden Plaza 3rd floor room number 14. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] Nothing had prepared the six young men who had flown for over 10 hours from Nairobi using two connecting flights plus a 12-hour layover in Istanbul, Turkey, for what was waiting for them on the ground at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia. Among the six was George Gichia, a 34-year-old father of one who had worked as a bus conductor for the last five years.
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