GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Malaysian Sex Trafficking Ring Broken

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: The Monitor

27January2011 3:43pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:  The police have broken a ring of people who have been tricking Malaysia sex trafficking of women from UgandaUgandan women under the guise of getting for them jobs in Malaysia but later forcing them into prostitution.

The Malaysian police rescued two of the seven trafficked women from brothels while two Ugandan men who allegedly connived with the brothel owners, were arrested in Kampala.

The women have been transported back to Uganda.

Detectives say there are several people engaged in the illicit trade including Nigerians, Ugandans, and Malaysians. (read full report)