{"id":41719,"date":"2020-06-25T21:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T21:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/25\/ncis-bahrain-prostitutes-are-trying-to-get-intel-off-us-sailors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:40:29","slug":"ncis-bahrain-prostitutes-are-trying-to-get-intel-off-us-sailors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/06\/25\/ncis-bahrain-prostitutes-are-trying-to-get-intel-off-us-sailors\/","title":{"rendered":"NCIS: Bahrain prostitutes are trying to get intel off U.S. sailors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/-eUyng4f7KQ' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[Editor\u2019s Note: This story has been updated to include a Navy clarification of a misstatement .]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trafficked women in Bahrain, some working as prostitutes, are seeking to collect sensitive intelligence from U.S. sailors that they can later sell, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/16\/tinder-sailor-hooker-pimp-the-us-navys-sex-trafficking-scandal-in-bahrain\/\" target=_blank>Naval Criminal Investigative Service<\/a> agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The claims arose in a human trafficking training <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/755508\/combating-trafficking-persons-training\" target=_blank>recording<\/a> for service members arriving in Bahrain on a tour with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/12\/01\/navy-5th-fleet-commander-found-dead-in-his-home\/\" target=_blank>U.S. 5th Fleet<\/a>, which is headquartered in Manama, the capital of the Middle Eastern island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That recording was posted to the Pentagon\u2019s public page for sharing military photos and video late last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re collecting intel on you,\u201d Special Agent Joe Minucci said in the recording. \u201cThey want to know about what your job is, what you do, what access you have, ship movements, the type of ship that comes in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minucci, who previously served on a NCIS trafficking task force, called the situation \u201ca very big issue\u201d in Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/17\/tinder-sailor-hooker-pimp-the-us-navys-sex-trafficking-scandal-in-bahrain\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Raiwest-main-bar-photo.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Tinder, Sailor, Hooker, Pimp: The U.S. Navy\u2019s sex trafficking scandal in Bahrain<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">NCIS probes revealed evidence that U.S. sailors were housing prostitutes in their apartments, seizing the women\u2019s passports and taking a cut of their earnings \u2015 profiting from the sex trade that services shipmates in Bahrain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlthough they don\u2019t really have a need for that information, they sell that information, and that\u2019s how they make more money in order to get themselves out of the situation they\u2019re in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minucci declined to comment Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contacted this week by Navy Times, NCIS officials declined to provide further specific information regarding Minucci\u2019s claims and suggested Navy Times file a Freedom of Information Act to learn more from the public agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe broader intelligence community is aware that foreign adversaries often use prostitution as a conduit to solicit sensitive information from service members,\u201d NCIS spokesman Jeff Houston said in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The training recording was posted ]May 27, a few weeks before the publication of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/bahrain-scandal\/\" target=_blank>Military Times investigation<\/a> into the trafficking of Thai prostitutes by U.S. sailors in Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among other findings, that investigation revealed how prostitutes and U.S. sailors have long comingled on the island, and how the command overhauled its anti-trafficking training to get a grip on the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NCIS officials have refused to explain the agency\u2019s actions before several trafficking investigations involving sailors launched in 2017, including why agents had a so-called \u201cmamasan\u201d pimp on the informant dole for four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/18\/tinder-sailor-hooker-pimp-read-the-entire-four-part-series-here\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Raiwest-main-bar-photo.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Read the entire four-part series here  \u2014 Tinder, Sailor, Hooker, Pimp<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times has published a four-part series revealing the Navy\u2019s own investigation into sailors seeking to traffic prostitutes in Bahrain and other sex crimes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Minucci\u2019s comments offer further insight into what\u2019s been going on in Bahrain, an essential U.S. ally that sits just across the Persian Gulf from Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the recording, the special agent said that 90 percent of the [foreign] women in Bahrain are trafficked there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Navy on Friday said that statement was not accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo clarify, when the instructor referred to these women, he was referring only to the foreign national women engaging in prostitution\/escort services, as opposed to all foreign women, which is inaccurate,\u201d Lt. Tim Pietrack, a Navy spokesman, wrote in an email to Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the training video, Minucci says that the issue of human trafficking is \u201cvery pressing here in Bahrain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NCIS spokesman Jeff Houston told Navy Times that the agency \u201cdoes not specifically track trafficking trends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. personnel are targeted by the women because \u201cthey know you get a steady paycheck on the 1st and 15th of the month,\u201d Minucci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey also know you\u2019re going to rotate out every 12 to 24 months,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause of that, there\u2019s going to be a new face, or somebody new to take your place, so business will always be there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahrain\u2019s embassy in Washington, D.C., and the country\u2019s public prosecution office, did not respond to Navy Times emails seeking comment this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These women know that service members face consequences if such illicit relationships come to light, Minucci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey also know you\u2019re afraid to get in trouble, so you won\u2019t say anything to your command, you won\u2019t say anything to law enforcement,\u201d he said. \u201cThey know you won\u2019t beat them and you won\u2019t rob them, in comparison to other clients from other countries that are here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Thai women working as prostitutes in Bahrain were at the center of a cascade of NCIS investigations into sailors starting in 2017, Minucci said women are also trafficked from Russia, Ukraine and Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome come over here willingly, the majority of them do not,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes they know what the job is they\u2019re coming here for, sometimes they do not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several women are victim to \u201cdebt bondage,\u201d and must pay off a certain amount to their trafficker before they are set free, Minucci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Near the end of his address, Minucci conceded it is difficult to avoid coming across trafficked women working as prostitutes in Bahrain, but he asked those listening to \u201cbe smart about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReport other servicemembers that use these types of services or seek out these types of services,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is somebody\u2019s daughter, this is somebody\u2019s mother, this is somebody\u2019s\u2019 granddaughter. 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