A Zimbabwean court has charged a Kuwait embassy official in Harare with human trafficking after 200 local women were allegedly lured to the Gulf country before they were turned into slaves.
Brenda Avril May, a secretary for former Kuwait ambassador to Zimbabwe Ahmed Al-Jeeran, was accused of luring the women to that country with promises of jobs.
May allegedly facilitated the processing of visas for the victims. Prosecutors say the women were then sold before being forced into prostitution and other menial jobs on arrival in Kuwait.
According to State media reports, several Zimbabwean women are stranded in Kuwait after they were misled by the alleged syndicate to travel to that country.