Deportation After Sentence

The First High Criminal Court lowered the sentence from 15 years to five years following an objection to an earlier in-absentia ruling.

The defendant was found guilty of trafficking a fellow Asian woman between August and November 2019 by recruiting, transporting and harbouring her for prostitution through coercion, threats and deception.

Prosecutors said the victim was initially promised a job in Bahrain but was instead forced into prostitution after arriving in the country. She later escaped and reported the case to authorities.

The court also ordered the defendant’s permanent deportation upon completion of her sentence.