{"id":18093,"date":"2019-07-25T08:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T05:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=18093"},"modified":"2019-07-25T08:20:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T05:20:21","slug":"kuwaiti-arrested-for-visa-trading-and-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/kuwaiti-arrested-for-visa-trading-and-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwaiti arrested for visa trading and human trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">A 41-year-old Kuwaiti man has been arrested and referred to the Public Prosecution for bringing 106 workers to the country, after having them sold them work visas for a total exceeding KD150,000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">The new case of human trafficking came to light after the Director-General of the General Department of Residency Affairs received information that the citizen had falsified documents and exaggerated the estimated number of workers needed by his supplies company, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">An investigation team from the Residency Affairs Department was then set up to inquire into the matter. The team discovered that the man had submitted a request to the Public Authority for Manpower after inflating the list of personnel needed by his company. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">The investigators also found that though the company was a relatively small and had only six delivery vans, but the man had obtained permission to bring in 106 new workers. He allegedly then sold these work visas for a total sum exceeding KD150,000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">The authorities have now closed the company\u2019s file, but it was not clear what would happen to the 106 workers who each paid a large sum of money to work in a company with no jobs for them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 41-year-old Kuwaiti man has been arrested and referred to the Public Prosecution for bringing 106 workers to the country, after having them sold them work visas for a total exceeding KD150,000. 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