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Knowing or having reason to believe that any woman or girl has been brought into Singapore in breach of section 142 of the Women's Charter or has been sold or purchased in breach of section 140(1)(a), to receive or harbour her with intent that she may be employed or used for the purpose of prostitution either within or without Singapore; [33]
The victim, a female domestic worker, worked for the employer for four years without pay and was physically abused. [citation needed] In December, a Thai Criminal Court sentenced two traffickers to seven years imprisonment for luring a 15-year-old girl to engage in prostitution in Singapore under false pretences. [citation needed]
Once in Singapore, the perpetrators confiscate the victims passports which leaves them stranded in the country and dependent on the pimps. [4] Pimps act as agents for these trafficked victims and saddle them with huge debts that the victims have to attempt to pay back by servicing many customers and working long hours. [4]
On 19 August, the day before the women disappeared, Wong said they were throwing a party for a wealthy friend who had arrived in Singapore, and invited the five girls. The girls were promised $100 an hour for their time and a bonus of a diamond ring at the end of the party. [5]
The Downtown Eastside is the sex trades final destination of city displacement over several years. In 2003, a large number of sex workers went missing and/or were murdered. Many of these were tied to serial killer Robert Pickton, and were the largest contributor to the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) cases over the years ...
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Prostitution may represent a way for a girl to earn enough money to maintain and enhance her family's property and status in her home village. [28] [29] Rende Taylor's research demonstrated how among Thais girls from both poor and better off families may become trafficked. In addition, education actually increased the risk of a rural girl being ...