A Vietnamese woman can face up to eight years in prison if convicted of human trafficking charges, a statement from the Public Prosecutions Office released yesterday said.
The female suspect from Vietnam, surnamed Minh, worked as a masseur and alleged as a pretext to be able to help women in Vietnam to deal with the formalities of the acquisition of documents to go to Hong Kong and work as massage therapists.
With the help of four accomplices, who are yet to be identified and located, the suspect managed to bring the victims to Macau via the mainland, forcing them to provide massage service, including sexual service, in saunas.
When the victims showed resistance, the suspect and her accomplices asked them for the immediate repayment of expenditure spent on the acquisition of documents and transport in the amount of 2500 US dollars, and also threatened the to harm the safety of the victims' families.
The money that the victims earned in prostitution was given to the suspect and her accomplices who only gave 70 patacas to each victim for daily expenses.
According to the statement, the victims could not take the situation any longer and informed the police, which resulted in the arrest of Minh.
The prosecutor believes that the suspect intentionally attracted the victims to come to Macau for the practice of prostitution in saunas, aiming to make a profit for herself.
The suspect's conduct will have embodied the crime of international human trafficking, punishable with a maximum penalty of imprisonment of eight years.
The case was passed on to the court and the suspect is awaiting trial. |
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