High Court upholds jail sentence of man found guilty of forcing women into prostitution
20 May 2014, 5:29 PM
The High Court has upheld a four-year jail sentence passed by the Criminal Court against a Maldivian man found guilty of forcing three Thai women into prostitution.
In August last year, Abdul Latheef Ali, 64, of Henveiru Philadelphi, was found guilty of running a brothel in the capital Malé and of forcing three female expatriates into prostitution after bringing them to the Maldives ostensibly to work as massage therapists.
Police raided the Sondobon Beauty Care Salon in Latheef’s residence and discovered a naked Maldivian man with a topless Thai woman.
Police found that Latheef had brought the three Thai women through the sponsorship of a company called Asparagus Private Limited, which was also owned by him.
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