For love, money and holiday?
There has been an increase in the number of Singapore women arrested for drug smuggling. The profile emerges that they are in their 20s and 30s, single, are either unemployed or work in clerical, sales or service jobs. They have no prior criminal record.
These women are targeted by Nigerian drug smuggling rings to move narcotics across borders.
The modus operandi of the drug traffickers is to seduce the women with love, money and holidays.
Readers are less than kind in their comments directed at these women. Negative opinions run along the lines of stupid, ignorant, greedy.
What puzzles me about these women is - what's in it for them? Really.
Love? I wouldn't think there was enough time. Money? I don't think the sums involved are big enough. Holiday? I can't even see that as incentive.
I keep coming back to this really sad picture: these women are emotionally vulnerable because they have little self-esteem. When a man, any man, shows them a little attention, their minds and emotions are instantly scrambled so badly that they are no longer capable of rational thinking.
Surely only women who have no sense of self-worth will risk everything in return for empty promises of love, money and holidays?
Help me fill in the missing parts to this puzzle.
7 comments:
No offence but when one has to join a "social networking something", this person (usually) has got to have relatively low self esteem.
Dun get me wrong, not ALL are like that, but quite many. For the record, I joined SDU when i first graduated (are u surprised?). Besides giving myself the excuse to get to know more people (yeah, you'd probably say why do i need that), I was really lured by the cheap(er) travels, social and academic courses they were offering. After about a year of attending these events organised by them, I had to stop. I tell you, the type of people I met were....how shall i say....super one kind one lor (remind me to elaborate next time we meet), they will say or do things to pretend they dun suffer low self-esteem, but in actual fact is oozing out from their ears. And to think only graduates qualify to join SDU!!!
suziewong - oooh can't wait to hear all about super-one-kind SDU-ers. haha
One of the women was dating the guy for 3 years. That's quite some time.
Reminds me of the message I received on Friendster from a nigerian. Practically promise you the moon and stars. I'm sure there are women out there who would fall for that sort of stuff.
sinlady: u prob hit the nail on the head in ur last point. i think women just love the idea of love somehow. not many can discern between reality and fantasy. even when they can, they might not have the strength to walk away. and that's when they get into trouble.
wildgoose - don't think the 3 year relationship is continuous and local. probably long-distance after initial meeting. i can't see how the racket can put in that kind of time and the nigerian has no reason to be allowed such a long stay.
imp - so sad to be so vulnerable.
i think those girls are just naive? it was reported that quite a no of these girls are counter salesgirls who are single and lonely. i guess they want to add some excitment to their lives, but unfortunately with dire consequences.
edpj - they are lonely and in dead end jobs. like i said, so sad that they can think themselves in love with scumbags.
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