3,000 firms under probe for selling visas to expatriates

About 3,000 files of dummy private companies have been referred to the Public Prosecution and the Criminal Investigation Department in the Ministry of Interior for involvement in human trafficking, Arab Times daily reported citing Al- Jarida Arabic news paper. According to daily, these files are among 5,000 files of companies suspended for involvement in human trafficking, in addition to violation of Private Sector Labor Law number 6/2010 and related ministerial decisions.

After reviewing these files, the concerned authority discovered the companies did not update their data or change any information. Records of these companies in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry did not include addresses which would have enabled the relevant authority to conduct inspections, sources revealed.

According to sources, these files were referred to the Public Prosecution for violating Section B of Article Three in law number 30/1995 that was issued as amendment to law number 38/1964 on private sector labor. Sources pointed out the owners of these companies have failed to report to the concerned authorities to clarify their positions. div> /div>