GUJRAT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed to have arrested seven suspected human traffickers during a crackdown on the illegal networks operating in the Gujranwala region.
As per the FIA, the arrested suspects also include a man, Faheem Qureshi, wanted in at leastfour different cases of human trafficking and another, Kaleemullah, involved in submitting forged documents with the Turkish embassy for the grant of a visit visa.
A spokesman for the FIA says Faheem was arrested by FIA Sialkot circle. The suspect had received huge amounts from four different complainants on the pretext of sending them to differ-ent European countries, but he neither fulfilled the commitment nor returned the amounts.
He says Kaleemullah had allegedly prepared the forged documents and submitted them to the Turkish embassy in 2015 for the grant of a visit visa, also paying Rs350,000 to an agent for the purpose, he adds.
The spokesman says the other arrested suspects were allegedly involved in receiving a total amount of Rs4.1 million for sending their clients to Azerbaijan, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Oman and other countries, but never fulfilled the commitments. The Gujranwala FIA circle has registered cases against the suspects. Correspondent