Sad tale of how women are forced into sex trade in Asia
“Heartless” is how Grace* describes Faith Karongo Nasasira, the woman who has allegedly brought untold misery to dozens of unsuspecting Ugandan girls by trafficking them to China, Malaysia and now Turkey.
The girls, who are usually below 22 years, only get to know that they have been trafficked to work as prostitutes after touching down in China, where this woman who goes by more than four identities receives them.
According to police, she has several passports bearing different names, including: Karongo Faith, Mulinde Faith, Nnalongo Faith Naturinda and Natukunda Faith.
The light-skinned, 42-year-old woman, alongside other suspects, have been on the police list of most-wanted criminals for a while, after numerous complaints were raised by Ugandan girls in Malaysia. Karongo’s luck ran out when the police got hold of one of her friends, whom they threatened to arrest if she did not reveal the woman’s whereabouts. Karongo, it was believed, was out of the country.
“The friend admitted that she knew her and her restaurant business in China, but she claimed she didn’t know that Karongo operated a brothel instead. She then took us to her home, where [Karongo] was arrested,” a detective told The Observer.
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