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A groundbreaking investigative report from the BBC has finally uncovered the truth behind long-standing rumors about Nigerian women and women from other African countries being trafficked into a world of exploitative and degrading sexual trade in Dubai. The findings are both conclusive and horrifying.

I'm sharing the report below because this is a story that demands our attention. Please read the beginning excerpt, and use the link to access the full investigation.

A man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai's most glamorous neighbourhoods, and exploiting vulnerable women, has been identified by a BBC investigation.

Charles Mwesigwa, who says he is a former London bus driver, told our undercover reporter he could provide women for a sex party at a starting price of $1,000 (£740), adding that many can do "pretty much everything" clients want them to.

Rumours of wild sex parties in the UAE emirate have circulated for years. The hashtag #Dubaiportapotty, which has been viewed more than 450 million times on TikTok, links to parodies and speculative exposés of women accused of being money-hungry influencers secretly funding their lifestyles by fulfilling the most excessive of sexual requests.

Our BBC World Service investigation was told the reality is even darker.

Young Ugandan women told us they had not expected to have to undertake sex work for Mr Mwesigwa. In some cases, they believed they were travelling to the UAE to work in places like supermarkets or hotels.

At least one of Mr Mwesigwa's clients regularly asks to defecate on the women, according to "Mia", whose name we have changed to protect her identity, and who says she was trapped by Mr Mwesigwa's network.

Mr Mwesigwa denies the allegations. He says he helps women find accommodation through landlords, and that women follow him to parties because of his wealthy Dubai contacts.

We have also discovered that two women linked to Mr Mwesigwa have died, having fallen from high-rise apartments. Although their deaths were ruled as suicides, their friends and family feel the police should have investigated further.

Mr Mwesigwa said the incidents were investigated by the Dubai police and asked us to contact them for information. They did not reply to our request.

Source
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2r9y3kxy9o


Below is the final selfie posted by one of the victims before she died

within two weeks that debt had doubled.

"Money for air tickets, for your visa, for where you're sleeping, food," says Mia.

"That means you have to work hard, hard, hard, pleading for men to come and sleep [with] you."

Monic owed Mr Mwesigwa more than $27,000 (£19,918) after several weeks, according to what a relative of hers we are calling Michael says she told him. He adds that he received tearful voice notes from her.

Family handout Monic smiles at the camera - she is wearing a yellow and white lace dress with a yellow shirt over the topFamily handout
Monic grew up with 10 siblings in rural Uganda
Mia told us that clients were mostly white Europeans, and included men with extreme fetishes.

"There's this one client, he poops on girls. He poops and he tells them to eat the shit," she explained quietly.

Another woman we are calling Lexi, who says she was tricked by a different network, echoed Mia's story, saying "porta potty" requests were frequent.

"There was a client who said: 'We pay you 15,000 Arab Emirates Dirham ($4,084, £3,013) to gang-rape you, pee in your face, beat you, and add in 5,000 ($1,361, £1,004)'" for being recorded eating faeces.

Her experiences have led her to believe there is a racial element to this extreme fetish.

"Every time I said that I wouldn't want to do that, it seemed to get them more interested. They want somebody who is going to cry and scream and run. And that somebody [in their eyes] should be a black person."

Lexi says she tried to get help from the only people she thought could intervene - the police. But she says they told her: "You Africans cause problems for each other. We don't want to get involved. And they would hang up."

We put this allegation to the Dubai police and they did not reply.

Lexi eventually escaped back to Uganda and now helps to rescue and support women in similar situations.


Finding Charles Mwesigwa wasn't easy. We could only find one picture of him online - and it was taken from behind. He also uses multiple names across social media.

But through a combination of open-source intelligence, undercover research, and information from a former member of his network, we traced him to a middle class neighbourhood in Dubai - Jumeirah Village Circle.

To corroborate what sources had told us about his business - supplying women for degrading sex acts - we sent in an undercover reporter posing as an event organiser sourcing women for high-end parties.

Mr Mwesigwa appeared calm and confident when speaking about his business.

Undercover image of Charles Mwesigwa. He is looking down and wearing a black and white vertical-striped top. In the bottom of the frame is part of what appears to be his UK driving licence.
Mr Mwesigwa showed us his UK driving licence and said he was a former London bus driver
"We've got like 25 girls," he said. "Many are open-minded… they can do pretty much everything."

He explained the cost - from $1,000 (£738) per girl per night, but more for "crazy stuff". He invited our reporter for a "sample night".

When asked about "Dubai porta potty" he replied: "I've told you, they are open-minded. When I say open-minded… I will send you the craziest I have."

In the course of the conversation, Mr Mwesigwa said he used to be a London bus driver. We have seen evidence he put that occupation down on an official document in east London in 2006.

He went on to tell our reporter that he loved this business.

"I could win the lottery, a million pounds, but I would still do it… it's become part of me."

Troy, a man who says he used to act as operations manager for Mr Mwesigwa's network, gave us more information about how he says it is run.

Troy is wearing a black bobble hat, cream collared-top, has a beard and an earring and a distinctive anchor tattoo on his forehead
Troy says he used to work as a driver and then an operations manager for Charles Mwesigwa
He says Mr Mwesigwa pays off security at various nightclubs so they will let his women in to find clients.

"I've heard about types of sex that I've never seen in my life. It doesn't matter what you go through as long as his rich men are happy… [the women] have no escape route…They see musicians, they see footballers, they see presidents."

Mr Mwesigwa has been able to get away with running this operation, Troy claims, because Troy and others are not just used as drivers. He says their names are also used by Mr Mwesigwa to hire cars and apartments, so that his own name never appears on the paperwork.

On 27 April 2022, Monic posted a selfie from Al Barsha - a residential neighbourhood popular with expats in Dubai. Four days later, she was dead. She had been in the emirate for just four months.

According to Mia, Monic and Mr Mwesigwa had been regularly arguing in the period before she left. Mia says Monic had been refusing to comply with Mr Mwesigwa's demands and had found a way out of his network.

"She had got some kind of job. She was very excited. She thought she was gonna get free, she was going to get her life back because now that was a real job, no sleeping with men," Mia says.

Monic moved out to a different apartment about 10 minutes' walk away. It was from this apartment's balcony that she fell on 1 May 2022.


The final selfie Monic posted before she died
Monic's relative Michael, who was in the UAE at the time she died, says he tried to get answers.

Police told him they stopped their investigation, having found drugs and alcohol in the apartment Monic had fallen from, and only her fingerprints on the balcony, he says.

He obtained a death certificate for Monic from a hospital, but it did not say how she had died. And her family were unable to obtain a toxicology report for her.

But a Ghanaian man living in the apartment building was more helpful, he says, taking him to another block to meet the man he said was Monic's boss.

Michael describes the scene when he got there and saw where the women were housed.

He says through the cloud of shisha smoke in the living room, he made out what looked like cocaine on the table and women having sex on chairs with clients.

He claims he found the man we had previously identified as Charles Mwesigwa in bed with two women, and that when he tried to drag him to the police Mr Mwesigwa replied: "I have spent 25 years in Dubai. Dubai is mine… There is no way you are going to report me… Embassy is me, I'm the embassy.

"[Monic's] not the first to die. And she won't be the last," he added, according to Michael.

Mia and Keira both independently say they witnessed this conversation and both confirm its wording. When we asked Mr Mwesigwa what he meant by this, he denied having said it.

Monic's death shares haunting similarities with that of Kayla Birungi, another Ugandan woman who lived in the same neighbourhood as her, and died in 2021 after falling from a Dubai high-rise apartment which we have evidence to suggest was managed by Charles Mwesigwa.

The phone number for her landlord, shared with us by Kayla's family, turned out to be one of Mr Mwesigwa's numbers. Troy also confirms that Mr Mwesigwa managed the apartment, as do four other women we spoke to for this investigation.


Kayla Birungi, another Ugandan, also died after falling from a Dubai high-rise building
Kayla's relatives say that they - like Monic's family - heard Kayla's death had been linked to alcohol and drugs. But a toxicology report seen by the BBC shows none were present in her system at the time of her death.

While Kayla's family was able to repatriate her body and hold a burial, Monic's remains were never returned.

Our investigation found she was likely buried in a section of Dubai's Al Qusais Cemetery known as "The Unknown". It features rows and rows of unmarked graves, typically thought to belong to migrants whose family couldn't repatriate their bodies.

Monic and Kayla were part of a wider, unofficial pipeline connecting Uganda to the Gulf.

As Uganda wrestles with rising youth unemployment, moving to work abroad - mainly in the Gulf states - has become a huge industry that contributes $1.2bn (£885m) of tax revenue to the country each year.

But these opportunities can carry a risk.

Mariam Mwiza, a Ugandan activist against exploitation, says she has helped rescue more than 700 people from around the Gulf.

"We get cases of people who have been promised to work, let's say, in a supermarket. Then [that person] ends up sold as a prostitute," she told us.

Four members of Monic's family including her mother hold up framed photos of Monic
Monic's family in rural Uganda say Monic always had the ambition to seek a better life
For Monic's family, grief is now tangled with fear. Fear for other families who could suffer the same loss they have, if nothing is done.

"We are all looking at Monica's death," her relative Michael told us. "But who is there for the girls still alive? They're still there. Still suffering."

The BBC asked Charles "Abbey" Mwesigwa to respond to all the allegations made in our investigation. He denied running an illegal prostitution ring.

He said: "These are all false allegations.

"I told you I am just a party person who invites big spenders on my tables, hence making many girls flock [to] my table. That makes me know many girls and that's it."

He also said: "[Monic] died with her passport meaning no-one was demanding her money for taking her. Prior to her death, I hadn't seen her for over four to five weeks.

"I knew [Monic and Kayla] and [they] were renting with different landlords. If no-one in both flats was arrested or any of the landlords, then there was a reason. Both incidents were investigated by the Dubai police and maybe they can help you."

The BBC contacted Al Barsha Police Station to request to see the case files for Monic Karungi and Kayla Birungi. It did not respond to that request or to allegations Monica and Kayla's deaths had not been properly investigated.

The BBC was unable to see any toxicology reports in relation to Monic Karungi, or speak to the landlord of the apartment in which she was living when she died.

I’ve heard of this porta potty nonsense for almost fifteen years. Zero evidence. I don’t believe it. Men are quick to brag about conquests. Local boys on Nairaland bypass rules to post pictures of prostitutes they pay for. How come no one in two decades has posted a single video?

meobizy:
I’ve heard of this porta potty nonsense for almost fifteen years. Zero evidence. I don’t believe it. Men are quick to brag about conquests. Local boys on Nairaland bypass rules to post pictures of prostitutes they pay for. How come no one in two decades has posted a single video?

The investigation was carried out by the BBC. Read it first before dismissing it as untrue.

triplechoice:
The investigation was carried out by the BBC. Read it first before dismissing it as untrue.

Without videos and pictures past vanilla sex acts.

Oh you innocent soul. I wish I could say the same about never stumbling on a video evidence of this. Scarred me forever.

meobizy:
I’ve heard of this porta potty nonsense for almost fifteen years. Zero evidence. I don’t believe it. Men are quick to brag about conquests. Local boys on Nairaland bypass rules to post pictures of prostitutes they pay for. How come no one in two decades has posted a single video?

The same one video I’ve seen everywhere created for entertainment. Yeah, right.

PenpalOso:
Oh you innocent soul. I wish I could say the same about never stumbling on a video evidence of this. Scarred me forever.

meobizy:
Without videos and pictures past vanilla sex acts.

Your demand for video evidence of these degrading sexual acts is problematic from an ethical and legal standpoint.

Distributing videos of sexual assault and degradation would be a further exploitation of the victims. It would permanently circulate their trauma online for public consumption, violating their dignity and privacy. A credible news organization like the BBC has a duty to protect victims, not exploit them for evidence.

You should also expect that perpetrators to enforce strict rules (no use of cameras) to avoid leaving evidence that could lead to prosecution, the same way strip clubs operate. You're never allowed to use your phone to record anything that goes on within such places .

In any case, the report contained enough evidence. Evidence is not always in pictures and videos.

…and life continues.

triplechoice:
Your demand for video evidence of these degrading sexual acts is problematic from an ethical and legal standpoint.

Distributing videos of sexual assault and degradation would be a further exploitation of the victims. It would permanently circulate their trauma online for public consumption, violating their dignity and privacy. A credible news organization like the BBC has a duty to protect victims, not exploit them for evidence.

You should also expect that perpetrators to enforce strict rules (no use of cameras) to avoid leaving evidence that could lead to prosecution, the same way strip clubs operate. You're never allowed to use your phone to record anything that goes on within such places .

In any case, the report contained enough evidence. Evidence is not always in pictures and videos.

SMH seventy-year old man. Why Charles Mwesigwa go dey answer abbey sef

Potty potty is what some women intentionally do that for money. Most are aware of it even before traveling but quick money and lifestyle.

Btw, taking a shít and forcing it on anyone is more devilish that even the devil. Pls y'all read down.

Africans selling africa.What a shame .I hope that man is arrested and put in jail for jail

So this is the animal responsible for degrading African women in Dubai?

DarkkManB:
SMH seventy-year old man. Seun you should do something about this 40 characters, it doesn't make any sense

It's good for people like you that reserve space so you can be first to comment

My people will believe everything BBC and CNN tells them. These generation of our impoverished gullible anti Nigerian children are a serious menace to the future of our land.

I would rather participate in a Bleep than eat shit for money

We need to respect the World's Oldest Profession.

Some of you here, your mum's sold puma on the low to feed you. But u no go know.
Na secret many mothers carry to the grave

The world's oldest profession!!
Na only God fit save us

These are people that claim to pray 5 times a day. Oo shame

No wonder this Dubai skanks come back to Nigeria soulless, joyless even when they have made money. I did a job for one who was just cold, distant with a deep hatred for men even though she had sex with young boys all the time. And she also smelt awful

triplechoice:
The investigation was carried out by the BBC. Read it first before dismissing it as untrue.

So what if it was carried by BBC? What does that mean?!

meobizy:
I’ve heard of this porta potty nonsense for almost fifteen years. Zero evidence. I don’t believe it. Men are quick to brag about conquests. Local boys on Nairaland bypass rules to post pictures of prostitutes they pay for. How come no one in two decades has posted a single video?

You are free to ease your conscience and mind by living in denial...!

Women lured abroad are made to do unthinkable and horrible things for money...!

The level of depravity and debauchery is simply hard to stomach... I have seen one or two videos, and heard from survivors.


This ranges from forcing these ladies to indulge in the worst forms of bestiality and even snuff films... You have no idea how mentally psychotic these Arabs, Asians and Europeans with money are, especially when it comes to abusing prostitutes, mostly those unfortunate ladies trafficked or lured from 3rd world nations.



These men have no inhibitions and limits to how they explore and carry out their sick fantasies on poor and unfortunate women.

These Arabs are not human beings i swear. They are evil beyond words

Lekki girls will be reading this report and gnashing their scattered teeth.

wh we don't find out.
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PenpalOso:
Oh you innocent soul. I wish I could say the same about never stumbling on a video evidence of this. Scarred me forever.

I'm telling you. Seeing any of such videos leaves one traumatised. Really feel sad for the girls that get indoctrinated into it.

As for that animal recruiting them, hope he gets jailed for life

Very disgusting the thought of it makes me want to throw up.

meobizy:
I’ve heard of this porta potty nonsense for almost fifteen years. Zero evidence. I don’t believe it. Men are quick to brag about conquests. Local boys on Nairaland bypass rules to post pictures of prostitutes they pay for. How come no one in two decades has posted a single video?

It’s real. These Arab men are something else o! There’s absolutely nothing that they don’t use women ( black especially) to do. That you haven’t seen any video doesn’t mean it’s not true. Dark things happens all around the world and no be every place dem dey carry phone enter..

Even for Naija here, e get some places wey be say you no fit enter with phone. Zero camera..

So White Europeans are involved? I thought it was mostly Arabs. Anyway, this is what's happening in a Muslim country, where women are made to cover themselves and be "decent". Sick deviants.

The most useless of all has to be the Dubai police, whose members should appear before the ICC in The Hague. There are complicit in this dehumanisation.

PulaPower:
It’s real. These Arab men are something else o! There’s absolutely nothing that they don’t use women ( black especially) to do. That you haven’t seen any video doesn’t mean it’s not true. Dark things happens all around the world and no be every place dem dey carry phone enter..

Even for Naija here, e get some places wey be say you no fit enter with phone. Zero camera..

Such ugly news by BBC "is something that backward black and brown people do, while real good news is what the BBC and the rest of white people tell us".

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youngestgrad:
No wonder this Dubai skanks come back to Nigeria soulless, joyless even when they have made money. I did a job for one who was just cold, distant with a deep hatred for men even though she had sex with young boys all the time. And she also smelt awful

Damn, that scar never leaves the soul, no matter how much, no matter the kind soap you use tey baff