DUBAI: More than 240 expats were arrested in Oman on Sunday on charges of prostitution and human trafficking, national daily Times of Oman reported.
“Police officers arrested 247 violators in Bausher. Among them, 199 [were] women and 48 [were] men from different Asian and African nationalities,” the Royal Oman Police said in a statement.
“The accused were arrested in coordination with the Department of Criminal Investigation in Muscat, the Crime Control Department, Bausher Police Station and the Special Forces Police Command, with the support of the Ministry of Manpower and Bausher Municipality,” the statement added.
The charges the accused face include infiltration, violation of labor and residence law, as well as fraud, prostitution, and human trafficking.
More than 240 expats arrested in Oman on prostitution, trafficking charges
More than 240 expats arrested in Oman on prostitution, trafficking charges
Musk’s X to open source new algorithm in seven days
Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, to the public in seven days.
“This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed,” he said in his X post.
Earlier this week, the European Commission decided to extend a retention order sent to X last year, which related to algorithms and dissemination of illegal content, prolonging it to the end of 2026, spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters on Thursday.
In July 2025, Paris prosecutors investigated the social media platform for suspected algorithmic bias and fraudulent data extraction, which Musk’s X called a “politically-motivated criminal investigation” that threatens its users’ free speech.
