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Sex Trafficking in Dili (2006)

A sex trafficking case from 2006 in Dili, Timor-Leste.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

Two East Timorese owners of a massage parlor forced nine victims from the Philippines, China, and Indonesia into sexual exploitation.

Response and intervention

The owners were arrested and tried, but were released with no consequences. There has been suggestion of powerful business contacts.

CSEC2009

Dili, Timor-Leste, 2009

Timor-Leste TL

There are ten suspects, including one woman, involved in the human trafficking ring in Dili. Names and details of these suspects are not known. The suspects lured the women into traveling to Timor-Leste on the pretext they would have legitimate jobs as waitresses or masseuses. Once in the country they were forced to provide sexual services.

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