They populate the bars and nightclubs of dozens of luxury hotels, in every colour, size and nationality. In their thousands. Internationally renowned hotel chains such as Radisson and Hyatt are complicit in this lucrative business, earning thousands of euros in the process. Although prostitution is strictly forbidden in this Islamic country, immigration services, the police and local establishments happily turn a blind eye to it.
Furthermore, they equally enjoy the forbidden fruit, earning lots of money by importing women from Eastern Europe and Asia, while, for appearances' sake only, taking action against the most extreme excesses of human trafficking.
Photo: © Isabel Pousset
