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21 Jul 2013

Author:
Arabian Business (UAE)

700 Kuwaiti firms charged with human trafficking

About 700 companies in Kuwait have been charged with human trafficking offences over allegations they bribed potential expats with illegal work visas, according to a local Arabic daily. Nearly 1,000 employers also have been blocked from issuing new visas after an investigation found workers officially on their books were illegally working elsewhere, an anonymous ministry source told Al-Qabas newspaper... Visa trafficking is rife in Kuwait. Traffickers exploit loopholes in the labour sponsorship system by creating work permits for fake companies or nonexistent jobs, which are sold to unskilled workers in labour exporting countries such as India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. When workers arrive in Kuwait often they discover they do not have a job and resort to hard labour, working without a valid visa.