SINGAPORE – A man who promised to marry a Singaporean woman and later made her perform sex work in Dubai was sentenced to eight years’ jail, six strokes of the cane and a fine of $9,000 on Oct 7.
Achraf Arjaouy, 32, an Italian citizen, was convicted of a human trafficking charge in April after a trial.
He will have to spend an additional six weeks behind bars should he fail to pay the fine.
The woman, identified as V1 in court documents, flew back to Singapore after she contracted a sexually transmitted disease.
In earlier proceedings, the court heard that Achraf arrived in Singapore in March 2021 and matched with V1 on a dating app the following month.
The prosecution had said that during a whirlwind courtship, Achraf told the victim he wanted to marry her in Qatar. She was overjoyed and agreed to travel with him to Dubai en route to Qatar.
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