Indians among 190 arrested in Dubai for alleged sex trade
Authorities have arrested 190 Asian women, including Indians, in one of the biggest crackdowns on sex trade in Dubai.
By PTI |
DUBAI: Authorities have arrested 190 Asian women, including Indians, in one of the biggest crackdowns on sex trade in Dubai.
The arrests came after police received a tip-off that a number of women were involved in prostitution in some hotels in Naif area of Dubai, police said.
Police raided a number of hotels in the area over the weekend and arrested 10 suspected pimps from Bangladesh and 190 women from Bangladesh, India and Indonesia.
However, the exact number of arrested Indians was not revealed.
The UAE enacted a law in November last year making human trafficking punishable by life imprisonment, and has set up a state body to combat the menace.
Police arrested 170 people three months ago in the last such crackdown in Dubai.
Earlier, Dubai police chief Dhahi Khalfan Tamim had said that the police would continue its crackdown on prostitution rings and urged women duped into the illegal trade to contact the police.
The UAE last week announced the setting up of shelter homes across the country for women and children, who have become victims of human trafficking.
The homes will provide the victims with safety, guarantee them healthcare as well as psychological and social support.
The arrests came after police received a tip-off that a number of women were involved in prostitution in some hotels in Naif area of Dubai, police said.
Police raided a number of hotels in the area over the weekend and arrested 10 suspected pimps from Bangladesh and 190 women from Bangladesh, India and Indonesia.
However, the exact number of arrested Indians was not revealed.
The UAE enacted a law in November last year making human trafficking punishable by life imprisonment, and has set up a state body to combat the menace.
Police arrested 170 people three months ago in the last such crackdown in Dubai.
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Earlier, Dubai police chief Dhahi Khalfan Tamim had said that the police would continue its crackdown on prostitution rings and urged women duped into the illegal trade to contact the police.
The UAE last week announced the setting up of shelter homes across the country for women and children, who have become victims of human trafficking.
The homes will provide the victims with safety, guarantee them healthcare as well as psychological and social support.
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