Picture for illustrative purposes only. EXPAT MEDIA

Dubai police rescue housemaid locked in apartment and forced into prostitution

Three Asians have been sentenced to five years in jail followed by deportation after they forced a housemaid to work as a prostitute in Dubai. The Dubai Criminal Court found the trio guilty of human trafficking. The court heard that housemaid received a job offer from an Asian woman on Facebook, but that when they met, she was instead taken by a man who forced her into a brothel. The incident took place in Al Quoz Industrial Area where the woman was kept in an apartment and forced to work as a prostitute. She was only allowed to use her mobile phone to call her parents. The victim said she refused to work as a prostitute and tried to escape but that the woman and a man assaulted her. She was eventually able to escape after asking help from a customer who assisted her with information on the apartment where she was kept, and then alerted police. A team of detectives tracked down the housemaid in the apartment and arrested the gang members. Police found that the group ran a brothel using women of various nationalities. During interrogation, one of the gang members admitted creating a Facebook page to lure women and then selling them as prostitutes. ICA/Expat Media
For all the latest news from the UAE and the world, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube page