Fifteen AIM International sammers have been arrested for human trafficking.
Following a raid on a resort in Masaka Metropolis, Ugandan authorities rescued 307 hostage victims.
Just like what QNet will get as much as Ghana, AIM International scammers lured younger victims on the promise of “juicy jobs”.
The victims had been mobilized from districts of Kamuli, Mukono, Wakiso, Kayunga, Bugiri, Namayingi, Kabarole, amongst others and had been confined in numerous lodges in Nyendo.
No less than 74 had been women, 233 boys and 17 of them had been below age– beneath 18 years.
Upon displaying up, candidates had been kidnapped and locked in a resort.
Many victims declare they’d spent days with out meals, dwelling in cramped lodging due to the excessive variety of hopeful job candidates turned up and had been duped.
As soon as imprisoned, the kidnapped victims had been then compelled to work recruiting new victims.
One other sufferer of the hoax stated, “Since Wednesday now we have by no means (sic) received something to eat. We’re shifting with empty stomachs, even bathing is tough as a result of they don’t give us water.
Relating to sleeping, we sleep 15 folks in a small single room although they obtained Shs.150,000 for hire from every of us.”
AIM International, which additionally goes by Alliance in Movement International, Empowered Consumerism and OrbiXVictus, is a traditional product-based pyramid scheme.
New recruits join and are compelled to buy merchandise, which generates commissions for his or her uplines. The brand new recruits then must recruit new victims to recoup their losses.
Talking to native victims of AIM International, Monitor reviews;
“We survive on recruiting others to hitch the enterprise and if one fails to recruit, you’re requested to cater in your personal meals,” Simon Wakyereza, 22 , a resident of Bugiri District stated.
Based on Wakyereza, his mom was compelled to promote a goat, iron sheets and in addition safe a mortgage from the village Sacco in order that she might increase all the cash demanded by the corporate.
Quite than defend AIM International’s unlawful enterprise mannequin and human trafficking of victims, Reagan Mulindwa (proper),
one of many brokers of the Goal International Uganda, stated that every one the victims agreed to phrases and circumstances given to them by the corporate.
“We aren’t forcing anybody to remain right here, everybody accepted what we advised them however we’re shocked to listen to them talking ailing of our firm,” Mr Mulindwa stated.
The 9 arrested AIM International scammers have been charged with human trafficking, fraud and impersonation.
Along with Mulindwa, NilePost names others arrested as Bazibu Micheal [sic], Aisha Namayanja, Kwagala Reagan and Namugerwa Aisha
Alliance in Movement is operated from the Philippines by Eduardo Cabantog (proper).
Regardless of being round since 2009, Philippine authorities thus far have didn’t take motion.
SimilarWeb at present tracks high sources of visitors to AIM International’s web site because the Philippines (69%), Cameroon (9%) and Nigeria (8%).
Cameroon and Nigeria suggests, along with persevering with to rip-off Philippine residents, AIM International is now spreading throughout Africa.
