Bern court finds Chinese man guilty of human trafficking
Keystone-SDA
A 39-year-old Chinese man has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for human trafficking and promoting prostitution. The man will also be deported from Switzerland for 13 years.
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On Friday the Bern court of first instance considered it proven that the accused lured Chinese migrant workers to Switzerland between 2018 and 2021 under false promises as “massage girls”. Once here, they then had to serve clients with sometimes risky sexual practices.
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The accused emphasised in court that he only took the women to the flats rented for the business. There they could then decide on what terms they wanted to offer their services.
The court did not believe him. It considered the offences in the ten charged cases and in the more than 60 attempted offences to be fulfilled.
Translated from German by DeepL/ts
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