A former London bus driver has been accused of running an illegal prostitution ring in Dubai, exploiting vulnerable young women and forcing them into degrading sex acts.
Charles ‘Abbey’ Mwesigwa was filmed by an undercover reporter claiming women under his control would do ‘pretty much everything’ clients asked.
BBC Eye and the World of Secrets podcast interviewed women who said they were lured to the UAE seeking stable employment, only to be forced in to coercive sex work.
Troy, a man who worked for Abbey, said women were told upon arrival they owed money for flights, visas and living costs, and that the only way to repay the debt was through prostitution.
Troy said that women were forced into sexual acts he had ‘never seen in his life’, catering to ‘rich men [who] look for girls that can fulfil their fantasies’.
‘They see musicians, they see footballers, they see presidents,’ Troy alleged.
‘It doesn’t matter what those girls go through as long as Abbey’s rich clients are happy. These girls, they have no escape route,’ he added.
Mia (not her real name), who says she was trapped by the network, said at least one of the clients regularly asks to defecate on the women.
She said that clients were mostly white Europeans. Many clients expect extreme sexual acts from the women because of their race, she said.
The investigation sought to unveil the real stories behind the viral hashtag #DubaiPortaPotty, an internet story of influencers moving to Dubai to be willingly defecated on by wealthy clients for money.
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