A trailer for the programme, which is the fourth in the TV series "The fate of deceived people", has been shown many times over a week. The programme told the stories of three Uzbek men, who died while working in Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as that of an Uzbek policeman who has been sentenced for human trafficking.

Over video of two big wooden boxes being taken out of a plane, the programme said that the bodies of 28-year-old Akramjon Mamajonov and 53-year-old Soyibjon Rahmatov from eastern Andijon Region, who died while working in Russia, arrived at Andijon airport. A resident of eastern Ferghana Region, Dilmurod Sultonov, who is a father of three, also died while working in Kazakhstan, the programme said over video of the deceased men’s relatives crying and regretting that their relatives had suffered from harsh working conditions while working in a foreign country.

Over video of a court trial, men washing cars, working at a construction site, the programme said: "It is a great pity that our compatriots are facing this kind of ordeals or deaths because some low and cruel Uzbek people sell their own fellow countrymen by deceit for a small amount of money pursuing their own interests," the programme said.

It said that Polat Boriyevich Sharipov, a police officer, had been sentenced to seven years in prison for trafficking Uzbek men into Russia. In particular the programme said: "Polat Sharipov has worked for several years in the interior agencies, in particular as a senior teacher at the Tashkent higher military technical school, and held the rank of lieutenant colonel. Sharipov, who is responsible for protecting human rights and interests and restoring their broken dignity, has forgotten about his duty and become engaged in trafficking people into abroad. An investigation established that he had sold over 10 Uzbek people to his accomplices in Russia for 200 dollars each. Sharipov became an accomplice with his former college mate from Moscow, Mishenko, and Prygunov from [Russia’s] Orel city, and was engaged in supplying free labour force," the programme said.

It went on to detail how Sharipov recruited several Uzbek men from Ferghana, central Jizzakh and Samarqand regions promising them jobs with 250-500-dollar wages at car washes and construction sites in Russia. Sharipov took the advantage of his police uniform to lure recruits, the programme said. It showed interviews with three men - victims of human trafficking - who told about the harsh working and living conditions as they became victims of forced labour.

"I am not a child. I just saw their uniforms and assumed that policemen would not do that [traffic people]. I would not have trusted if they had been ordinary people," a man said.

"We used to wash cars with cold water, we were forced to do this, we had no choice, as they did not provide us with food. We would buy food for tips, which clients gave us pitying us. Sometimes we would even owe money to our bosses, we worked and got into debt at the same time. We worked for six months, but got no payment," another man said.

The men said that their bosses would threaten them by shooting and beating.

"They would say that they bought us and we had to work. They would beat us with a cudgel or an assault rifle, they all were a mafia, even the local police were afraid of them and would bring workers back if they detained one," the third man said. They all condemned their ordeal in Russia and shared the same view that people do not have to travel abroad to work and can find jobs in Uzbekistan.

"On 19 June 2007, during an operation held by officers from the Russian law-enforcement agencies, our fellow country men were returned to Uzbekistan," the programme said.

Over video of men queuing in front of an office building, the programme said that Uzbek people may legally get jobs abroad, including in South Korea, via relevant government agencies. In December 2008, a group of Uzbek people - applicants for jobs in South Korea - sat Korean language test, information about those who have passed the test will be placed in the database of a South Korean human resources agency, and Uzbek applicants, who are selected by a South Korean employer, will get an e-visa and be sent to South Korea, the programme said.

It showed interviews with some applicants as well as an official who said that agreements were also being drawn up on sending Uzbek people to Russia, Czech Republic and the UAE to work.