Four expat women in Oman jailed, fined for human trafficking

Energy Monday 17/December/2018 12:03 PM
By: Times News Service
Four expat women in Oman jailed, fined for human trafficking

Muscat: Four expat women have been jailed and fined on charges of human trafficking in two separate cases, the Public Prosecution has announced.
According to officials, the women exploited other expat women and forced them into prostitution.
In the first case, one woman was sentenced to five years in prison, while the other woman was sentenced to three years in jail. Both the accused were fined OMR5,000 each. In the second case, the two accused have been sentenced to five years in jail each and fined OMR5,000 each."
The accused, according to officials, lured women with the promise of providing them jobs at beauty parlours in Oman.
The Public Prosecution added, “The four defendants trafficked expat women and forced them into prostitution after they lured them [with the promise] that they would provide them with jobs in beauty parlours in Oman. When the victims arrived, they were transferred to a flat and forced them into prostitution,”
The court also ordered a permanent deportation of the accused and issued an order to confiscate all the money they earned.