Asian nightclub manager jailed

TDT | Manama

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The High Criminal Court sentenced an Asian nightclub manager to three years in prison and fined him BD2,000 after convicting him of trafficking two Asian women and coercing one of them into sexual activity.

The court also ordered his deportation from Bahrain following the completion of his sentence and required him to cover the victims’ repatriation costs. According to case details, the defendant brought the two women to Bahrain in 2025 under the pretext of employing them as singers and dancers at a hotel nightclub he managed.

Upon arrival, he confiscated their passports, confined them to the hotel, and forced them to work daily without breaks.

Investigations revealed that he later pressured the victims to engage in prostitution, threatening to prevent one from returning to her country or re-entering Bahrain if she refused.

Exploiting her financial vulnerability, he coerced her into prostitution and collected the proceeds.