Dubai Faces Up to Human Trafficking

United Arab Emirates—For over a decade, authorities turned a blind eye to the Cyclone Club.
Dubai Faces Up to Human Trafficking
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/DUBAI-C.jpg" alt="Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan (R) at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 18. The prince is financing the Ewaa Shelters for Women and Children in Dubai, a city of over 10,000 prostitutes. In 2009 the U.S. State Department put the United Arab Emirates at Tier 2 (of 3), in its Trafficking in Persons report. Now at risk of further downgrade, the emirates have begun to tackle the human traffic trade. (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Image )" title="Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan (R) at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 18. The prince is financing the Ewaa Shelters for Women and Children in Dubai, a city of over 10,000 prostitutes. In 2009 the U.S. State Department put the United Arab Emirates at Tier 2 (of 3), in its Trafficking in Persons report. Now at risk of further downgrade, the emirates have begun to tackle the human traffic trade. (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Image )" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1822806"/></a>
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan (R) at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 18. The prince is financing the Ewaa Shelters for Women and Children in Dubai, a city of over 10,000 prostitutes. In 2009 the U.S. State Department put the United Arab Emirates at Tier 2 (of 3), in its Trafficking in Persons report. Now at risk of further downgrade, the emirates have begun to tackle the human traffic trade. (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Image )
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