Two sentenced by Abu Dhabi court for human trafficking

ABU DHABI: Two sentenced by Criminal Court for human trafficking. (Getty Images)

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court has sentenced two Asians to three years in jail after finding them found guilty of human trafficking.

The court heard M.A.M, 51 and A.M 40, had exploited the vulnerability of the victim (a housemaid) - who had fled from her sponsor - by selling her on to a third party who subsequently coerced her into prostitution.

The case had been referred to the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court after the two individuals confessed.

The two accompanied the victim to Abu Dhabi, where they met another person at a public park and sold the girl to him.

The victim meanwhile confirmed she had been sold several times in Dubai prior to meeting the two accused.

MAM and AM will be deported after they serve their sentences.

On June 16 the UAE described as "disappointing and distorted" a US State Department report on human trafficking, as it failed to accurately assess the status of anti-trafficking efforts made by the UAE during the past year.

"The UAE government is deeply disappointed by the subjective and inaccurate assessment in this report" Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Gargash told news agency WAM at the time.

In contrast to the US report, the Annual Report 2008 released earlier this month by the UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) indicated that over 20 cases of human trafficking were prosecuted last year - compared to 10 in 2007 - under Federal Law 51.

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