欺骗了一名新加坡女子，他在Tinder上遇到了海外，后来在迪拜从事性工作，周三被判入狱和鞭刑。
deceived a Singaporean woman he met on Tinder into going overseas and later engaging in sex work in Dubai was sentenced to jail and caning on Wednesday (Oct 7).
这名女子对性工作的想法感到反感，但同意了，因为她认为这是嫁给他的唯一途径。她在感染性传播疾病（STD）后才停止，后来返回新加坡。
The woman was revolted by the idea of sex work but agreed as she thought it was the only way to marry him. She stopped only after contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and later returned to Singapore.
32岁的意大利国民Achraf Arjaouy被判处8年监禁，6次鞭刑和9,000新元（7,035美元）罚款。检方没有为受害者寻求赔偿，因为阿贾维无力支付。
Achraf Arjaouy, 32, an Italian national, was sentenced to eight years' jail, six strokes of the cane and a fine of S$9,000 (US$7,035). The prosecution did not seek compensation for the victim as Arjaouy has no means to pay.
根据《防止人口贩运法》，他被判犯有一项以欺骗手段招募人员进行性剥削的罪名，他对此提出异议。由于保护受害者身份的禁言令，无法透露受害者的姓名。
He was convicted of one count of recruiting a person by means of deception for the purpose of sexual exploitation under the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act, which he contested. The victim cannot be named due to a gag order protecting her identity.
2021年初，当她在Tinder上认识Arjaouy时，她年龄在30岁至31岁之间。他冒充来自卡塔尔的富有飞行员。
She was aged 30 to 31 in early 2021 when she met Arjaouy on Tinder. He posed as a wealthy pilot from Qatar.
检方称，他们后来于2021年4月前往迪拜，阿贾维在“旋风式求爱”中告诉这名女子，他想在卡塔尔与她结婚。
They later travelled to Dubai in April 2021, where Arjaouy told the woman during a "whirlwind courtship" that he wanted to marry her in Qatar, the prosecution said.
然而，在迪拜，阿贾维要求该女子筹集1万美元作为资金证明，然后才能进入卡塔尔。为此，他让她提供性服务，每天收取她的收入。该女子这样做了几个月，然后于2021年9月中旬感染了性病。随后，她停止从事性工作，几个月后返回新加坡。
However, in Dubai, Arjaouy asked the woman to raise US$10,000 as proof of funds before she could enter Qatar. To do so, he got her to provide sexual services, collecting her earnings daily. The woman did so for several months before contracting an STD in mid-September 2021. She then stopped engaging in sex work and returned to Singapore a few months later.
2021年4月，当该女子第一次前往迪拜时，她的母亲曾寻求新加坡警方的协助。Arjaouy于2023年11月在新加坡因一项不相关的罪行被捕。
Her mother had sought Singapore police assistance in April 2021, when the woman first went to Dubai. Arjaouy was arrested in Singapore in November 2023 for an unrelated offence.
地区法官尤金·特奥（Eugene Teo）在对阿贾维定罪时驳回了他辩护的核心两点。
In convicting Arjaouy, District Judge Eugene Teo had rejected two points at the heart of his defence.
首先，他否认贩卖这名妇女，并表示她的证据“令人难以置信”，因为真正的受害者会有不同的行为。
First, he denied trafficking the woman and said her evidence was "incredible" because a real victim would have behaved differently.
阿尔贾乌伊还声称，从这名女子的外貌来看，她的证词根本不可信，因为她根本不可能成功从事性工作者这一职业。
Arjaouy had also claimed that the woman's evidence was incredible "given her physical appearance", as it was simply not believable she could have successfully been a sex worker.
法官在驳回这一以外貌为由的论点时指出，一个人并不需要特别高大、皮肤白皙或拥有一头浓密头发，仅凭外貌也能谋生。阿尔贾乌伊是个秃头。
In rejecting this argument about physical appearance, the judge said one does not have to be particularly tall, fair or have a full head of hair to get by on one's looks. Arjaouy is bald.
在庭审期间，他由黄氏律师事务所的乔尔·奎克先生和塞缪尔·张律师代理。
He was represented at trial by Mr Joel Quek and Samuel Teo from WongPartnership.
不过，这两名律师随后申请解除为阿尔贾乌伊代理其他指控案件的职责，并称已获得刑事法律援助计划办公室的批准。阿尔贾乌伊目前面临的指控大多为诈骗罪。
However, they applied to discharge themselves from acting for him in other charges Arjaouy faces, saying they had obtained the approval from the office of the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme. Arjaouy's pending charges are largely for cheating.
就通过欺骗手段招募他人以供性剥削这一罪名而言，他可能面临最高10年的监禁、最高10万新元的罚款以及最多6下鞭刑。
For recruiting a person by deception for sexual exploitation, he could have been jailed for up to 10 years, fined up to S$100,000 and given up to six strokes of the cane.