1200 Trade Licenses Were Suspended On Suspicion Of Human Trafficking

09 July 2020 Kuwait

The Ministry of Interior, represented in the criminal security sector and the General Administration of the Investigation of Residence Affairs, on the instructions of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Anas Al-Saleh, began pursuing residence and human traffickers, in cooperation and coordination with the Public Authority for Manpower, the Public Authority for Civil Information and the Ministry of Commerce.

A security source told «Al Jarida’ that the men of the Investigation Department of the General Administration of Residence Investigations developed a work plan, in coordination with several government agencies, and held several meetings with representatives of those authorities, pointing to activating the mechanism of linking the residence investigations with government agencies in order to limit the number of fake companies and institutions, And another did not update any of its data, in addition to determining the licenses of recruitment agencies for domestic workers involved in human trafficking operations, and stressing that there are strict procedures awaiting those involved in the residency trade.

The source added that the first of this joint work on the part related to companies and institutions resulted in the suspension of licenses of more than 1,200 companies and institutions by the Ministry of Trade, based on the recommendations of the General Administration of Residence Investigation, indicating that the suspension of licenses came after investigations conducted by the detectives about the activities of their owners in operations Trafficking.

He revealed that the detectives had data on more than 160,000 violators of the Residence Law and the companies registered therein, in addition to the availability of new information for more than 25,000 violators who surrendered during the amnesty period for violators of the Residence Law, noting that the residence and workforce investigations identified the companies that brought these workers And I gave them the streets.

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He mentioned that the Investigation Affairs Personnel, in coordination with the Public Authority for Manpower, has created a new code bearing the number 33 for suspicious company transactions, which employers or company delegates submit, from controlling 180 expatriate delegates involved in association with others in facilitating the operations of residency and human trafficking .

He pointed out that the delegates who had been seized were also mentioned in the confessions of a number of violating workers, who were deported from the country, noting that the detectives investigated more than 200 citizens and referred 120 of them to the Public Prosecution, after the dismissed workers and some of the delegates who were arrested admitted them .

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He stressed that the Investigation Department officials of the General Administration of Residence Affairs work in a parallel line in pursuing human traffickers, according to Article 20 domestic workers, noting that the detectives also trusted the confessions of more than 8 thousand immigrants who violated according to Article 20 left the country, during the deadline for violators.

The source stated that the detectives placed security restrictions on the names of the sponsors of violating servants to prevent them from guarantees again, in addition to carrying the ticket of the servant or the violating maid, pointing out that the follow-up and investigation also included the offices of recruitment of domestic workers, which investigations have proven a number of were involved in human trafficking operations.

Arrested 180 delegates involved in the residency trade

The creation of the “33” symbol for suspicious company transactions

 

SOURCE : ALJARIDA

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