Alleged trafficking of house maid for diplomat

A recent affidavit filed with the US immigration authorities alleges that a Kuwaiti diplomat enslaved and abused his Indian house maid in their Manhattan apartment for four years. He has since claimed diplomatic immunity and it seems that no charges will be able to be brought against him and his wife. Some NGOs claim that this is one of many cases happening under the cover of diplomatic immunity.
Bader Al-Awadi, who until recently served as the first secretary of the Kuwaiti mission to the United Nations, hired the woman from India to work as their maid. The affidavit alleges that she was promised a monthly wage of $2000 which she could send home to her husband, but in fact only $200 to $300 was sent every month, and the woman was paid nothing. It is also alleged that she was given no time off, despite being promised Sundays off to practise her Christian faith. The affidavit also claims that the woman was regularly beaten and verbally abused and in later years was also regularly raped by her employer.
Despite Bader Al-Awadi claiming diplomatic immunity the woman has been granted a visa for the victims of human trafficking and may stay in the US. Her husband has now died, but she has gained authorisation to bring her youngest children into the country as well.
The world of domestic service is open to abuse as it is extremely unregulated and once a woman or child is in the house of their employer, perhaps in a foreign country where they will find it hard to communicate, they are easily enslaved and abused. The problem is compounded when the employers can claim diplomatic immunity.