Indian couple jailed in Singapore's first labour trafficking conviction

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Pair is guilty of exploiting 3 Bangladeshi women they recruited to dance at nightclubs. FMTNews Singapore Trafficking

February 11, 2020 9:23 PM

The two Indian nationals were given a prison term of five years and six months each after they were found guilty of exploiting three Bangladeshi women they recruited to dance at nightclubs they ran in Singapore. “Both intend to appeal against their convictions and sentences. They are out on bail,” the spokesman told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an email.

The case was the first conviction since Singapore introduced a law in 2015 in a bid to fight human trafficking, which labour rights groups say migrant workers are most vulnerable to.

 

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