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Human Traffickers Jailed for Six Years
DUBAI - The Dubai Court of First Instance on Monday sentenced two persons to six years in jail each and deportation, for human trafficking.
- PUBLISHED: Tue 5 Jan 2010, 9:41 PM UPDATED: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 2:22 PM
Two other convicted women were ordered to serve one year in jail, and deportation thereafter, for prostitution.
The first two defendants had forced a girl to prostitution, and additional one year in jail for adultery.
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On October 8 when the Criminal Court of First Instance started hearing a human trafficking case, involving a man and three women, all Iraqis.
According to the prosecution charges sheet, the first two masterminds, a man and a woman, 'bought' the 13-year-old victim from her parents in Iraq. They then obtained her a visit visa, brought her to the country, and later forced her to prostitution. The accused earlier pleaded not guilty.
In her testimony before the prosecution, the Iraqi girl said she saw her mother collecting money from the first accused from a neighbouring country, when she had a passport issued in a name other than hers. She was later brought here and accommodated in an apartment in Sharjah.
Further in her statement, the young victim told the prosecution that she was forced to prostitution more than 300 times in almost all the emirates over five months. The second accused used to drive her to the 'customers' as per demand. Added to this, the girl said the second accused and another man standing trial at the Sharjah Criminal Court on charges of sexually assaulting her used to beat her up with their shoes when she refused to have sex with customers.
The first accused was luring her with money and luxurious gifts. The girl later came to know that her parents were collecting part of the 'stained' money the gang was making.
The anti-human trafficking department of Dubai police was earlier alerted that a girl was being forced into prostitution.
Two other young girls were also found at the convict's flat. They told the police that they were rather forced to prostitution by the accused who had managed to get them valid marriage contracts, and brought them to the country.