By Our Reporter
KAMPALA
Kampala Metropolitan Police have dismantled a suspected online pornography and human trafficking ring after raiding a heavily guarded house in Mbalwa-Buyinja Zone, Kyaliwajjala, Namugongo Division.
Acting on intelligence, officers stormed the residence on the evening of May 18th and found 27 females, aged between 17 and 26, living in three rooms. They recovered laptops, cameras, and 10 adult devices believed to have been used for producing commercial online adult content.
One of the rescued girls revealed the dark reality inside the racket: “In our online sex work, our colleagues become obsessed with us and start sleeping with us, while our coaches also end up doing the same. I am now on ARVs, but I cannot trace who infected me.”
28 people, the 27 females and one male suspect, were arrested and are helping police with investigations. Efforts to track down the main recruiters and organizers are still ongoing. One of whom is former Obsessions Dance Group boss, Ronnie Mulindwa.
The operation highlights the growing concern of vulnerable young women being lured into online sex work under the guise of better opportunities, only to face exploitation and health risks.
But is arresting the girls enough, or should the focus be more on the people who recruit and profit from them?
