Two held in India for trafficking women to Bahrain

Two men have been arrested by Indian authorities for reportedly trafficking women to Bahrain.

The men were alleged to have been involved in an online sex racket in which they blackmailed the victims into sex trade to several foreign countries. According to media reports in India, the two men were nabbed from their hideout in Bengaluru, the capital city of Indian State Karnataka after police tracked their mobile phones.

"Two men arrested in Bengaluru in connection with an online sex trade racket had trafficked six women to Bahrain, the police said while producing them before the principal sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

“Joyce and Arun were working in tandem with Joyce's father Joshy, who has already been arrested in connection with the case," an Indian newspaper reported.

"They trafficked women to foreign countries with the help of Akbar, another accused in the case. Six women were sent to a person called Mujeeb in Bahrain through Kochi, Chennai, Madurai and Mumbai airports, the police report said. “Some of his relatives at Aluva in Kerala were also involved in the case.”

"His (Joyce) modus operandi was to lure girls by feigning love and promising to marry them. He would then take the video of them on the sly and use the clips to blackmail them into sex trade,” it said.

“He would later sell them to other agents, often by advertising on shady websites. He also used to molest girls by spiking their drinks. Co-accused Arun supplied him the drugs," the report added.

Caption : The father-son duo took turns to rape victims to prepare them for flesh trade