Dubai is known for its glittering skyline, gold-plated Lamborghinis, and brunches that last longer than some marriages. But behind the glitz, one BBC investigation has found a former London bus driver who allegedly traded Oyster cards for a different kind of ticket — one-way trips into his underground sex ring.
Charles Mwesigwa, who swears he’s just a “party guy,” was caught on camera offering women for hire at $1,000 a pop, promising they could do “pretty much everything.” Judging by his client list, “everything” includes the sort of party games that would make even Fear Factor producers say, “Too far, bro.”
For years, TikTok’s #DubaiPortaPotty hashtag made people laugh, cringe, or Google things they shouldn’t. But while influencers were posting parody skits about “sugar daddies and champagne,” the reality — as survivors revealed — was closer to a horror movie directed by someone with bowel problems.
Ugandan women lured with promises of supermarket or hotel jobs say they landed instead in what one victim called “a market” of 50 women in a flat. Some clients, they allege, weren’t after romance, but rather looking for… well, let’s just say “organic room service.”
Two women linked to Mwesigwa, Monic and Kayla, tragically fell from Dubai high-rises. Officially “suicides,” their families insist the stories don’t add up. One relative recalls confronting Mwesigwa, only to be told: “Dubai is mine… Embassy is me, I’m the embassy.” A line so absurd it could be Dubai’s new tourism slogan.
Mwesigwa, meanwhile, denies everything. He insists he’s not running a sex ring — just throwing wild parties where rich men and “open-minded” women happen to collide. Oh, and he used to be a bus driver, which apparently doubles as a reference on his CV for “moving people around.”
The investigation found women left in debt traps, facing violence, humiliation, and demands that redefined the word “fetish.” One survivor summed it up best: “They want somebody who is going to cry and scream and run. And that somebody [in their eyes] should be a black person.”
It’s the kind of sentence that makes you wish all those TikTok “porta potty jokes” had stayed in the parody section.
For families of Monic and Kayla, the laughter is long gone. While Mwesigwa shrugs off the allegations with a smile and a shrug — “I’m just a party guy” — their loved ones are buried, some in unmarked graves.
Dubai may sparkle, but this story shows what can happen when the lights go out. And if you ever hear someone at brunch say, “Don’t worry, the embassy is me,” maybe it’s time to call the actual embassy.
Source: ameyawdebrah.com/
