Human trafficking network busted

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Immigration detectives busted a human trafficking network on charges of trading absconding domestic helpers; the third incident of its kind this month. Investigations revealed that two Ethiopians employed the maids and hired them out for KD 150 a month each. The arrests came after two domestic helpers were caught with a taxi driver, and both had receipts for a certain amount of money in the name of a fake domestic help office. The first Ethiopian suspect confessed to being the ringleader. The second suspect used a forged civil ID of another person to buy a mobile phone SIM. Investigations are still ongoing.

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