Boss of degrading sex-trade ring in Dubai's glamour districts unmasked: BBC
Charles Mwesigwa exploited Ugandan women in Dubai through debt bondage and coercion, with at least two linked deaths and over 700 rescues reported by activists.
- Monic Karungi, a Ugandan woman, died by falling from a high-rise apartment in Dubai on 1 May 2022, four days after posting a selfie from Al Barsha.
- Her death and that of another Ugandan woman, Kayla Birungi, ruled suicides by Dubai police, followed investigations into a sex trafficking ring led by Charles Mwesigwa exploiting vulnerable women in Dubai's luxury neighborhoods.
- The investigation revealed women, including Monic, were lured with false job offers, trapped in debt bondage, forced into degrading sexual acts during parties arranged by Mwesigwa, who claims to be a former London bus driver.
- Clients paid as much as AED 15,000 for degrading fetish services, and survivors reported experiences of racism and coercion. Mwesigwa rejected the accusations, asserting his longstanding presence and influence in Dubai by stating, “I have been in Dubai for 25 years; the city belongs to me.”
- The deaths and abuses highlight urgent global issues of trafficking, with calls for Dubai authorities and international agencies to investigate and combat exploitation amid ongoing misinformation online.
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17 hours agoShareSaveRunako CelinaBBC Eye InvestigationsShareSaveWarning: Contains disturbing content and graphic descriptions of sexual actsA man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai’s most glamorous neighbourhoods, and exploiting vulnerable women, has been identified by a BBC investigation.Charles Mwesigwa, who says he is a former London bus driver, told our undercover reporter he could provide women for a sex party at a starting price of…
The BBC says it has identified the man behind a notorious sex ring in Dubai, where women are systematically exploited. Stories about the so-called "porta-potty parties" have been circulating for years: young women were allegedly lured to Dubai under false pretenses to fulfill the extreme sexual fantasies of wealthy men. Sometimes, even resulting in death, according to the British broadcaster.
“You Africans are getting each other into trouble. We don’t want to interfere,” came the response from Dubai police when Lexi tried to tell her story. The pseudonym Lexi was given by the BBC, which investigated the story, to the Ugandan woman who was brought to the United Arab Emirates in the 2020s by Charles Mwesigwa with the promise of a well-paying job, only to be forced into extreme prostitution along with dozens of other women. Lexi eventua…
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