A 42-year-old man from Korokoa village, Gumine district, Chimbu Province briefly appeared at the Waigani Committal Court on Thursday over allegations of human trafficking.
The victims involved are from Lealea village in the Central Province.
Willie Gare was charged for one count of unlawfully confining eight females and a male, one count of exploitation and one count of sexually penetrating one of the victims at Kundiawa town.
He was arrested and charged on Nov 9 last year at Kundiawa and had his case transferred to Port Moresby.
Police prosecution informed the court that police completed investigation against Gare with the files served on him.
His lawyer, when appearing before Magistrate Cosmas Bidar told the court he will require time to peruse the files before he make a submission in court.
Gare will return to court on March 17 where his lawyer will make a response to the completed Police investigation files.
The victims left Port Moresby on July 30 last year after Gare convinced them to go with him to Kundiawa and perform “Hula hula” dances at the opening of a new lodge.
Given the guarantee they will be flown back by Gare, their families agreed to the trip. The accused also gave payment of monies to their families.
On August 14 last year, the opening ceremony at the new lodge took place with the group of girls performing.
However, soon after their performance they were later allegedly forced to engage in drinking with the guests of the lodge and entertain them, even to the extent of sleeping with the guests.
This allegedly continued over a period of over two weeks. They were removed from the rooms they slept in and forced to bunk up.
During that period one of the girls was allegedly sexually penetrated against her consent by Gare.
When asking for food or their plane ticket back to Port Moresby, the accused allegedly told them to work hard and engage in sexual activities with guests and customers at the lodge in order to make money for their plane ticket.
Kept against their will and closely monitored, three of the girls somehow managed to escape from the lodge and went to the Kerowagi Police barracks where one of them called her parents in Port Moresby.
A report was later made and the Mt Hagen-based mobile squad and officers from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) rescued the remaining girls and the two males from the lodge in Kundiawa on August 29,2015. They were flown back to Port Moresby the next day.