A Singaporean woman who met an Italian man on the dating app Tinder later agreed to travel with him to Qatar via Dubai, thinking he was a wealthy man who wanted to marry her.
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However, she was later allegedly told that she needed to show US$10,000 as proof of funds before she could enter Qatar.
According to the prosecution, the Italian man arranged for her to provide sexual services in Dubai and collected her earnings daily until she contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD).
The woman’s mother lodged a police report, and the case came before Singapore’s courts.
Achraf Arjaouy, 31, is on trial for one count under the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act for recruiting the woman by means of deception for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Dubai.
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He took the stand on Friday.
The court heard that Achraf came to Singapore in March 2021 and met the woman, whose identity is protected by a gag order, on Tinder a month later.