Flesh trade racket busted: over 240 arrested

In raids carried out by the Dubai Police at 22 locations in the emirate, 247 people suspected of being involved in flesh trade racket have been arrested, it was announced by Lieutenant-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, at a Press conference here yesterday.

Also present at the Press conference was Brigadier Khamis Mattar Al Mazina, director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation, Dubai Police.
Those arrested include 170 women on charges of being sex workers, and 12 pimps. Also, scores of customers were held in the raids.
Dhahi Khalfan said that this was one of the biggest raids carried out by the Dubai Police in a flesh trade racket case.
The Dubai Police chief said they had received a tip-off that a well organised gang was running a flesh trade racket from a number of villas and flats in Dubai.
Dhahi Khalfan said that the women who were held in the raids are mostly East Asian nationals, while the customers belong to various nationalities.
The arrested people have been referred to the Public Prosecution. Source

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Three put on trial in women selling case

The Dubai Criminal Court yesterday heard the case of three Bangladeshis who allegedly attempted to sell two women to a police decoy for Dh9,000.
The women, one Bangladeshi and another Indonesian, who were working as housemaids, had absconded from their employers after the accused promised to get them lucrative jobs. However, once the women absconded, the accused tried to force them into prostitution. The police got wind of the racket and set a trap.

A decoy was sent and the accused agreed to sell the two women for Dh9,000. The accused were arrested and the women rescued. Source

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Price of a woman

Two men have been arrested in Dubai on suspicion of human trafficking after trying to sell two women for less than dhs5,000 each. They had then planned to force them into prostitution, according to police.

Detectives were alerted to the two Indian men who they had been told were willing to sell the two women. Officers from Dubai Police sent an undercover policeman to arrange a meeting with the men in Deira. During the meeting a price of dhs9,000 was arranged for the sale of the two women.As soon as the accused accepted the cash they were arrested, according to police. One of the men admitted he had previously sold another woman for cash. The women were identified by police as a 23-year-old Bangladeshi and a 33-year-old Indonesian. They had both been working as housemaids in the city, but had been convinced to quit their jobs with the promise of better jobs paying more money by the men.

Attorney General Essam Al-Humaidan said that police are now paying special attention to these kind of cases. “We will make a stand against human trafficking by arresting the accused and asking for the highest penalty against those involved. These type of cases affect the country’s reputation. We do not allow these kind of acts to take place here,” he said.The case has now been referred to the Court of First Instance for trial. The latest case of human trafficking is the third brought before the courts in the UAE. Two other cases were heard earlier this year. Source

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