[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - At least nine sailors, including five chiefs and a lieutenant commander, have been charged in connection with sex trafficking operations in Bahrain since 2017
- A further six other sailors have been administratively disciplined
- The scandal first emerged in 2017 when a pimp turned informant came forward about a plan with a sailor to fly in Thai prostitutes to Bahrain
- The prostitute, Lin Raiwest, said Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Jihad
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H. Littlejohn had paid her to bring the women in
- They would then stay at his apartment while they worked and he would allegedly hold them hostage by keeping their passports
- He was cleared of all charges but the case sparked a larger investigation into the connection between the Bahrain naval base and prostitution
- One chief reported that he believed up to 15 percent of sailors assigned to Bahrain were housing prostitutes in their off-post apartments
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