US Senators seek answers from Navy on human trafficking by sailors in Bahrain

[asaratis]

Senators seek answers from Navy on human trafficking by sailors in Bahrain

Three U.S. senators are calling on Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite to provide answers regarding what the sea service is doing about human trafficking involving U.S. sailors stationed on the Middle Eastern island nation of Bahrain.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-WI, sent a letter to Braithwaite on Tuesday requesting “immediate information on the steps you have taken to remedy the deplorable circumstances in Bahrain, combat the broader culture that allowed these crimes to flourish, and ensure that justice is delivered to trafficking survivors and their family members.”

The letter comes in the wake of a series of stories published last month by Military Times that revealed for the first time a web of investigations into sailors trafficking Thai women working as prostitutes on the island.

Those stories unearthed a shadowy subculture where sailors sought to traffic and pimp the women, often out of their taxpayer-funded apartments.

Allegations of sexual assault against the women and sailors shaking down other shipmates on behalf of Bahrain prostitutes were also revealed.

[toastedcheese]

Nothing new about serving military being involved in crime in areas where they are based.

Human trafficking is a particularly disgusting crime so hopefully those involved will be brought to justice.

Too many people put the military on a pedestal and will accept no criticism of them.

[asaratis]

The Bell Curve is open in all authorized areas!

[toastedcheese]

I am surprised this thread has not seen more activity.

[tankslapper]

It’s quite possible that the sailors involved in this case were just die hard leftists empowering women to be sex workers, because that seems to be one of the primary platforms of the Democratic Party at this point.