THE HORRORS OF DUBAI! A Brazilian woman arrived for a casting call — what happened to her SHOCKED EVERYONE!
THE HORRORS OF DUBAI! A Brazilian woman arrived for a casting call — what happened to her SHOCKED EVERYONE!
PART1
On Friday, July 16, 2021, at 7:38 a.m., the Dubai Municipality stormwater system operator reported a fault in the industrial area behind Al Qudra Road. The emergency team that arrived on the scene opened one of the sewers next to the unfinished warehouse building. Inside, 35 meters from the entrance, they discovered the naked body of a woman.
According to the official police statement, the body was in a state of partial decomposition, the face was disfigured, the hair was partially burnt, and there were traces of chemical burns on the skin. The employee who first went down into the sewer later said in an interview: “I thought it was a mannequin until I saw the nails.
” The scene of the incident was cordoned off for 2 hours. Police, medics and prosecutors were on site . Pressuli. The first leaks appeared on social media, with photos of a tarpaulin bag next to a special vehicle and comments about the discovered model. On the same day, it became known that the body belonged to twenty-five-year-old Brazilian citizen Laura Monteiro.
A Dubai police spokesman confirmed her death at an evening briefing, without giving a cause. Journalists gathered outside the Brazilian consulate were not given any comments. However, information has already begun to circulate in the modeling world. Several girls wrote the same thing in their stories: “We warned you.
” A day later, Laura’s account was blocked, but by then her last location, Al-Hajar Street on the outskirts of the Al-Sfou district, had already been captured in hundreds of screenshots. Laura Monteiro, 25 years old, San Pulo. Officially, she was a freelance model, working with several South American agencies.
Unofficially, she often appeared at private shows in Mexico. Marbella and London. She found herself in the Emirates at the invitation of Almisk, a brand that positions itself as a line of luxury perfumes. The contract was for 10 days, from June 6 to 16. She arrived in Dubai alone with a layover in Madrid, checked into a hotel on Jumeirah Beach, but moved to a private villa the very next day.
Her posts featured a swimming pool, martinis, parties, and a yacht moored in the Marina. The last post was on June 11th. A photo by the pool with the caption: “Today will be unreal.” After that there was silence. Relatives in Brazil reported her missing five days later. According to the official version, the contract with the Almisk brand was not registered in the UAE, and the agency that connected Laura with the client ceased operations shortly before her departure.
Calls were not answered and the website was closed. Laura’s mobile phone had been offline since the evening of June 11. The hotel reported that she had checked out. The address of the villa where she spent her last days was rented in the name of Al-Mansour Luxury Properties. The villa is listed as available.
The official investigation only began after her body was found, 33 days after she disappeared. By that time, most traces had disappeared. The villa has already changed tenants. New cameras were installed on the premises and security was strengthened. Representatives of the rental company declined to comment. In unofficial circles, this place has long been known by the code name Port Apati.
In the modeling world, this meant villas where girls were invited to private parties. The invitation resembled a contract for a photo shoot or advertising, but the program was different. These were closed parties with isolation, a ban on phone calls and filming in unregistered conditions. The presence of chemical burns on the body was confirmed by a forensic expert in a report dated July 20.
In addition to skin lesions, there were signs of sexual assault, dehydration, lack of medical attention, and the presence of substances in the blood that are not registered in the UAE. Some components, painkillers and sedatives, can only be found in clinics or through military supplies. One toxicologist, who wished to remain anonymous, told a Spanish publication: “This isn’t street chemicals.
Someone was using it regularly under controlled conditions.” According to investigators, the villa belonged to a company linked to businessman Khaled Al-Mansouri. At that time he was 48 years old. He was listed as the owner of three luxury properties and was listed in documents as a consultant for real estate investments and high-profile humanitarian initiatives.
On June 23, 12 days after Laura’s last appearance, Al-Mansouri left the country on a private jet from Sharjah to Geneva. His name did not appear in any wanted databases, and no warrant had been issued for his arrest. The investigation was limited to a few searches and closed interrogations of personnel.
Police said they found no evidence of a crime at Villa. Local media soon stopped covering the case. The Brazilian side sent an official request to the UAE prosecutor’s office and received a response three months later. It said there was no evidence of forced detention or a connection between Laura Monteira and the property owner.
It seemed that the case was over, but two weeks later an event occurred that changed the course of the investigation. Laura Monteira’s name quickly disappeared from the international agenda. There was no news , accounts were deleted, and even hashtags associated with her began to disappear from search results.
But one of her friends, twenty-seven-year-old Julia Fonseca, also a model from São Paulo, did not believe the version about a private incident. She became the key source that started it all. Yulia lived in the same area as Laura and starred in the same projects. The last time they spoke was on the evening of June 11 via video link.
Laura showed that she was in a house with marble floors. There are glasses on the table, and there are six people in the room : three men, two girls, and one girl from Ukraine named Kristina. Julia didn’t remember the last name, but she remembered the dialogue. Laura whispered that she didn’t know how to refuse the evening program because she had already received her fee. The connection was lost after a minute.
After that there was silence. First, Yulia wrote directly to Laura, then through mutual friends, and then to an agent in London who introduced them to this client. But the agent did not answer. Three days later her account was deleted. After 6 days, her phone number was disconnected. Yulia then contacted the Brazilian consulate in Dubai and began posting information on her Instagram.
One of the posts received more than 20,000 reposts. It was a photograph of Laura with the caption: “She didn’t disappear, she was taken away.” After this, Julia received her first anonymous message. It was a screenshot of a conversation in which another girl, nicknamed Tamara Italia, wrote: “I was there in January, it’s not a photo shoot.” They contacted her.
The girl agreed to call via VPN. Her name was Tamara Rosini, 23 years old, from Bergamo. According to her, she was brought to a commercial event in Dubai by the agency Mediterraneo Promo, with which she had previously worked. There was nothing suspicious about the contract . It covered flights, accommodation and a €5,000 fee.
Upon arrival, she was met by a driver, and at the airport she signed an additional agreement, a non-disclosure agreement, which specified penalties for filming and transmitting information. Then she was taken to the villa. According to her description, it was located on the same street, was built in the same style, and had exactly the same details: black curtains, no cameras inside, and guards at the gate.
There were men at the dinner, she said, neither tourists nor locals, well dressed, some with bodyguards. She tried to refuse to participate in the intimate part, after which she was locked in a room. Tamara claimed that the next morning she was driven to the suburbs, where she signed a non-disclosure agreement and received a ticket home. Its history is not documented, but it was the first time a direct link was established between the villa and acts of violence.
PART2
Immediately after her story, three more girls from Colombia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic announced themselves. They also spoke about the events. which began as private photo shoots but ended in isolation, filming with men, confiscation of phones and threats. Again, the exact location, the same drivers, the same guards.
Then the Amsterdam-based human rights organization Safeline International intervened in the case. Its representatives began collecting evidence. In August 2021, they sent a summary of at least twelve similar cases to Interpol. Everything related to the arrival of young women in Dubai. All under contracts with non-existent companies.
All with the same routes and consequences. Eight girls reported violence, three reported being drugged. One of the private detectives working in Europe and cooperating with Seylai went to the UAE undercover. His name has not been disclosed, but it is known that he received copies of correspondence between the models and two contacts from the WhatsApp group Elit Dubai and Promo.
They used fake logos of genuine brands and sent contracts and PDF files without a return address. There was a split on this matter. The official investigation in the UAE remains closed. The police responded that there was no evidence of a crime. But in Europe through Interpol and Europol. In September, Bulgarian Simeon T. was arrested in Amsterdam.
He was identified as an intermediary, specifically a recruiter. His testimony became the first official document in which Al-Mansuri’s name was mentioned. He said he didn’t know the real purpose of these trips, but people connected to an investment fund in Dubai gave him contacts. During interrogation, he admitted that since 2018 he had sent at least 19 girls to the Emirates .
It was through this contact that the Dutch police obtained the addresses of the rented villas, the names of the drivers and the lawyers who handled the contracts. All the trails led to the same structure, Alman Sur Luxury Properties, registered in the British Virgin Islands. As the investigation in Europe began to gather concrete data, it became clear that Laura Monteira’s case was neither the first nor the only one.
Safeline International and Europolno have reported at least 24 cases of disappearances or complaints of girls who visited Dubai under similar contracts with non-existent companies. Eight cases involved allegations of sexual violence. In three cases, there were medical reports indicating signs of drug addiction treatment.
Almost all cases began the same way. An email offering an exclusive photo shoot, with a PDF attached containing a contract, full pricing information, business class tickets, and local support. None of the agencies were licensed and calls were not returned for a week after the models left. The girls were delivered to the villas by the same drivers.
At least two of them appeared in the photographs. The cars had temporary license plates. There were no cameras inside the buildings , and the doors were locked from the inside. The girls were only allowed to move around when accompanied by administrators, and their mobile devices were confiscated for the safety of clients.
An investigation launched in September 2021 by Europol revealed that the villas belonged to the investment fund Ares International Group, registered in the Virgin Islands. The funds were serviced by Almanar Legal Consultants, a law firm officially operating in Dubai. Short-term rental agreements for periods of 3 to 5 days were concluded through this channel.
The contracts were concluded with the fictitious companies Arcana Group, Zia Concept and SIRW Events. None of them had bank accounts in the UAE or any means of communication. The girls who testified claimed they were kept in locked rooms for several days. Each party included a photo shoot, after which guests were asked to provide additional services, and no refusals were accepted.
Some witnesses testified that some substances may have been added to food and drinks. One of the victims, a 20-year-old Czech model, said she woke up two days after the party and was then sent a video and threatened to publish it. There was sufficient evidence to refer the case to the prosecutor’s offices of the Netherlands and France.
But the problem was jurisdiction. All the crimes, even if the victims were citizens of other countries, were committed in the UAE, where Laura’s case had already been officially closed. Cooperation between the authorities was complex. Every official request was answered with: “There are no grounds for criminal prosecution.” Meanwhile, in November 2021, French investigative journalist Guillaume Furet published a lengthy article in LeMond , presenting six independent testimonies.
Photos of villa interiors matching those published by Laura, as well as an analysis of the flow of funds through Ares International Group. Some payments were made through offshore accounts maintained by a bank in Geneva, Fre said. The recipients of the funds were companies directly linked to Khaled Al-Mansouri. It gets worse.
An IT specialist, formerly employed by Almanar Legal Consultants, provided a copy of the encrypted server backup. After decryption with the help of German specialists, archives of correspondence and event schedules were obtained. They showed that at least 47 closed events were held between 2019 and 2021 , attended by about 200 girls from South America, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia.
German researchers found that some of the IP addresses used to exchange information matched addresses used to book airline tickets and obtain visas in the name of Al-Mansouri. One of these addresses, used from a hotel in Zurich, also appeared in bank transactions totaling 160,000 euros. The money was transferred to the account of a law firm that pays for the rent of villas in the Emirates.
In December 2021, Swiss prosecutors launched a money laundering investigation. The bank account was frozen. This was the first real blow to the entire structure. However, by that time, Al-Mansouri himself had already disappeared from any jurisdiction where he could be questioned. According to operational information, he was in Laos, then on a private yacht in the Indian Ocean, after which he disappeared from radar.
But even in his absence, the structure continued to function. New offers from the same agencies began to appear on modeling forums, only now under different names. The list of destinations included not only Dubai, but also Riyadh, Manila and Abu Dhabi. Then American investigators from the Department of Human Trafficking became involved in the case.
It was they who, in January 2022, received a direct recording from the phone of one of the victims, who managed to remove the device. Experts believe this video has become key evidence for the future trial. The video lasted 21 minutes. It was filmed in vertical format, without sound. The camera was hidden in the lining of the bag.
Only part of the room is visible, the tiled floor, the underside of the table and the men’s shoes. The footage shows a woman in a tight black dress standing against a wall while she is being searched. There are three men in the room. One is wearing gloves, the other is holding a tablet.
The girl is asked to take off her shoes and then taken away. The camera then shows a corridor, shadows from lamps and a logo on the wall, the golden letters Sapire Nights. The video was obtained from a Colombian citizen who investigators say was able to escape Dubai with the help of a Spanish diplomat. She declined to give public testimony but provided copies of tickets, correspondence and GPS records.
This information coincided with materials previously received by Europol. The location where the video was filmed was identified as a villa in the Alsuhur area, which had already figured in the Laura Monteiro case. At the time of analysis, the property was registered as leased to Anor Holdings, a Belize-registered company.
Investigators found that Aloldings was used to rent at least three properties in the UAE, one in Bahrain and another in the Maldives. Contacts in the agreements again led to structures associated with Khaled Al-Mansouri. His name, which had not yet appeared on the warrants, became central to the dossier prepared by Swiss prosecutors.
In February 2022, a search was conducted in Geneva at the office of one of the investment funds, Stone Capital AG. Documents seized during the operation included payment orders showing that more than 3 million euros were transferred through subsidiaries to pay for real estate rent, PR services, and protocol support. One of the internal reports included this line: exclude contacts until the end of the Subfire 07 project.
Below was a list of names: Monteira, Rasini, Vasilenko, and Landau. All of them appear in the investigation as victims. Investigators have discovered that Project Safire 07 is the code name for a series of parties that took place in Dubai in the summer of 2021. That ‘s when Laura arrived. Investigators also discovered that the villa’s administrator was Hamid Atar, a 35-year-old Egyptian citizen and former security guard at luxury hotels in Cairo.
His name appeared on payment documents and several letters. In one of them he directly describes the scheme. The girls are delivered in advance without any contact with the clients before their arrival. Their phones and documents are taken away. There is security both outside and inside the villa. A readiness report is required 6 hours before the start .
Hamid was arrested in March 2022 in Cyprus, where he arrived as a tourist. He was extradited to Geneva on an Interpol warrant . He gave a partial statement, confirming that he worked for Alrh Holdings, but did not know what was going on inside. He claimed to have performed logistical functions, received instructions via Telegram, and communicated only with intermediaries.
However, his testimony made it possible to reconstruct the scheme. Recruitment took place through fictitious modeling agencies. The premises were rented through offshore legal entities. The staff was hired under contracts without official registration. After the events, all traces, documents, clothing, and electronics were destroyed.
The girls were taken away either voluntarily, if they remained silent, or under threat of blackmail. One of the former victims, a Ukrainian citizen living in the Czech Republic, gave a detailed interview to a German television channel. She said that during her stay in the house she was given sedatives, a doctor was called twice, and once she was locked without water for an entire day.
There were cameras in the room, but they didn’t show her the recordings. According to her, a girl named Laura arrived later, was quiet, tried not to argue, and after two days she was taken away and never returned. This information has not been officially confirmed, but it coincides with the last days of Laura Monteiro’s life. In April 2022, investigators in Geneva conducted a second audit of Jamstone Capital AG’s servers.
In one of the archives, dated January, they found video recordings of one of the events. 32 clips without sound, encrypted. One file contained a fragment that showed a girl who looked like Laura. dressed the same as in her last story. The recording was not made public, but appeared in the case as direct visual evidence of participation.
Investigators said the footage was captured by a closed-circuit television system, was time-stamped, and confirmed that Laura had been in the room for at least two days after her disappearance. But the key evidence was the letter. In May, the Brazilian Embassy in Abu Dhabi received a regular letter without a return address.
Inside was a flash drive and three handwritten lines. They didn’t kill her right away. They waited until the client left. The flash drive was immediately sent to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office. The file on the flash drive was a video recording from a stationary camera. 14 minutes without sound.
Dark room, concrete walls, metal bed. A girl is sitting on the floor with her hands tied behind her back. In appearance it looks like Laura Monteira. Her face is swollen and her left cheek is bruised. She is breathing heavily. Most of the time she doesn’t move. At the end of the recording, a man approaches her.
His silhouette in the shadow is visible, only a fragment of his hand. The recording ends. A Brazilian forensic laboratory and independent Europol experts confirmed the authenticity of the video. According to the timestamp and metadata, it was taken on the night of June 12-13, a day after Laura went missing. This discovery changed the classification of the case.
Now it was not just a matter of death by accident, but of deliberate imprisonment followed by murder. The investigation has intensified. An international investigation coordination centre was established at Europol, which included representatives from the prosecutor’s offices of Brazil, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and Germany.
In June 2022, they published a joint report. It was there that the phrase was first heard: “A transnational network for the exploitation of women with the hallmarks of an organized criminal structure, operating under the cover of legal entities registered in offshore jurisdictions. A total of 41 victims have been identified.
Fifteen of them have given official statements. Seven are missing. Laura Monteira was recognized as the first official victim whose death from violent acts was proven. The organization behind her disappearance continued to operate until at least April 2022. Khalet al-Mansouri remained the prime suspect in the case.
According to investigators, he traveled through private airports and used the services of transport companies that did not require identification. His whereabouts could not be established. In early July 2022, the Swiss prosecutor’s office issued an international arrest warrant. Al-Mansouri was charged with organizing a network for sexual exploitation, money laundering, unlawful detention, causing grievous bodily harm and complicity in murder.
In August, one of his confidants, Ziad A., a Lebanese citizen who held the position of HR consultant at Gamstone Capital AG, was arrested. He admitted overseeing travel logistics, assisting in arranging guest accommodations, and ensuring the confidentiality of events. His testimony completed the picture. The trial began in February 2023 in Geneva.
The hearings were held behind closed doors. The prosecution relied on more than 300 pages of evidence, including bank transactions, photographs, videos, copies of letters, and encrypted chat messages. The main incident was the death of Laura Monteiro. The court acknowledged the facts of forced detention, drugging, sexual assault, physical exhaustion, and abandonment.
Forensic experts confirmed that the injuries sustained were incompatible with life in the absence of immediate medical attention. Five defendants, all from the second echelon of the network’s management, were convicted. The maximum sentence is 32 years in prison. The court specifically noted that the main organizers were outside the jurisdiction and They continue to evade the investigation.
The public reacted very strongly. In Brazil, the topic of Laura’s disappearance resurfaced in the media. Her mother spoke at a rally in Sao Paulo. In the UAE, no officials commented on the case. The structures involved in the case were disbanded or renamed. However, the investigation did not end there.
Three months after the verdict, police seized a laptop from an apartment on the outskirts of Vienna. It was found during a search unrelated to Al-Mansouri. The folder, Archive 02, contained 32 files. Among them were contracts, photographs, and a list of girls dated April 2023. Two names were already on the missing persons list.
The folder was created three weeks after the trial. This confirmed that the network had not been destroyed, but its structure had adapted. Some suspects went into hiding, while others remained in countries that do not cooperate with Interpol. Investigators acknowledged that the scale of the phenomenon was greater than expected. Conclusion: The world learned about Laura Monteira’s fate only because her body was found.
Others vanish without a trace. Modern criminal networks often use legitimate business structures, fake agencies, and offshore companies. Bureaucratic barriers, weak international pressure, and the diplomatic secrecy of the Gulf states create conditions of complete impunity. This investigation reveals how vulnerable women are when their right to freedom and life depends on a signed PDF and the absence of an official license.
The system failed to protect Laura and will likely fail to protect others unless something changes.
