Four jailed for forcing woman into prostitution

TDT | Manama

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Four men have been jailed for five years and fined BD2,000 each for forcing a woman into prostitution in Bahrain.

The High Criminal Court ordered them to cover the cost of returning her to her home country and barred them from re-entering the kingdom after their release.

The case centred on events in 2025, when the woman travelled to Bahrain at the invitation of the first defendant, believing she would work as a hairdresser.

She had secured a work visa, paid for her ticket and was met at the airport by the first and second defendants.

Passport

They took her passport and demanded she engage in prostitution for money.

When she refused and asked to be sent home, they assaulted her and threatened her with prison.

Some time later she was moved to another flat, guarded by the second and third defendants.

There, she said, she was again forced into prostitution under threats while being kept inside against her will.

Inquries

Police inquiries supported her account, leading to the arrest of the four men.

Prosecutors said they had trafficked her by moving and housing her for the purpose of prostitution through force, threats and deceit, taking advantage of her vulnerable state.

They were also accused of holding her unlawfully, depriving her of her liberty through violence and threats for profit, and relying entirely on the money she earned from prostitution.