Who are the nefarious Black Death Group? The traffickers accused of kidnapping Chloe Ayling

The devastating kidnapping of Chloe Ayling, and the subsequent fallout created by the alleged Black Death Group, have been given new light thanks to a new BBC documentary entitled Chloe Ayling: My Unbelievable Kidnapping.

Back in July 2017, a 20-year-old Chloe was drugged with ketamine, tied up, stuffed inside a suitcase and kidnapped by a man later identified as Lukasz Herba. Chloe was held for six days in a remote farmhouse near Turin, with her attacker claiming that he was going to sell her on the dark web unless €300,000 (£260,000) ransom was paid. Following her retrieval, Lukasz was sentenced to 16 years and nine months for kidnapping and attempted extortion, but it was reduced to a 12-year sentence.

In the documentary, a nefarious organisation called the Black Death Group is referenced – but who are they?

How are the Black Death Group connected to Chloe Ayling?

The Black Death Group, which Lukasz Herba and his brother claimed to be a part of, is an alleged criminal organisation with expertise in “weapons, drugs, bombings, assassinations, new identities, and trafficking.”

According to The Sun, rumours of the Black Death Group have been circulating for years, but the Chloe Ayling kidnapping is the only suspected crime authorities have publicly linked it to. On the dark web, there are reportedly countless images of women being kidnapped, beaten and bound to be sold on as part of an elaborate human trafficking ring. Most of their victims come from Europe.

A 2015 article by Vice’s Motherboard also noted how one woman was pictured chained as the group attempted to sell her for £115,000.

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Though the group was investigated by Interpol in 2015, the case is plagued with misinformation, as most of the images were proven to be fakes.

Still, the report from Vice cited a letter to Italian authorities, and from the Black Death Group, after the kidnapping of Chloe Ayling.

“You are being released as a huge generosity from Black Death Group,” the letter read. “A mistake was made by capturing you, especially considering you are a young mother that should have in no circumstances be lured into kidnapping.”

The mystery surrounding the Black Death Group is prevalent even now, and it’s just one aspect of the case that has people doubting Chloe Ayling’s story.

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