Pakistan, May 11 -- Authorities in Pakistan have launched an investigation into allegations that a human trafficking network is luring young men with fake job offers in Russia and later forcing them to join the war in Ukraine.

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According to a complaint filed with the Federal Investigation 's (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in Rawalpindi, victims were reportedly promised high-paying jobs, legal work permits, and monthly salaries of 500,000 to 600,000 rupees. Instead, they claim they were sent abroad and pressured into military involvement once they reached Russia.

The complaint, submitted by Mansoor Akhtar Jamal, states that he himself was deceived through a so-calle...