{"id":130990,"date":"2025-03-21T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130990\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"police-arrest-15-religious-sects-preachers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130990\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 15 religious sect&#8217;s preachers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 21,<em> Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarusian law enforcers have arrested 15 leaders and activists of an &#8220;illegal pseudo-religious organization,\u201d U\u0142adzimir Horahliad of the interior ministry&#8217;s organized crime unit said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Investigative Committee identified them as members of the Sintez Fa cult founded in Russia in the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrested persons allegedly were actively recruiting new members via self-improvement and development seminars and trainings, extorting significant sums of money from the victims, Horahliad said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcers reportedly seized over 100,000 rubels (about $32,000) from the organization&#8217;s offices in Minsk and preachers&#8217; homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, police in Belarus arrested 11 members of the Russian Orthodox Church\u2013Tsarist Empire cult and filed extremism-related charges against its members for distorting the doctrines and practices of the Orthodox Church and turning followers against traditional denominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smartphone-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smartphone-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smartphone-pixabay-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smartphone-pixabay-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smartphone-pixabay-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smartphone-pixabay-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Police uncover over dozen phone scams in 2024<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 11, Pozirk. 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