Prostitution is a subject that officials in the United Arab Emirates do not want to talk about. Officially, prostitution does not even exist in the U. But in fact, prostitution is a multimillion-dollar industry there.
Many of the women involved have traveled or been brought to the U. And many say they suffer abuse and other difficulties in the emirate's sex trade.
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She says she was approached by one of her female supervisors with a blunt offer -- to go to the United Arab Emirates U. She agreed. She was 19 years old and a virgin. In an interview recently in Dubai City, Katarina said she accepted the offer because, at the time, she had no boyfriend in Uzbekistan, her family was poor, morality was not an issue, and it was only a short trip.
Katarina says an Uzbek woman in the U. Then, in a practice common among these "sponsors," she promptly took Katarina's passport to ensure that she did not run away.
