{"id":74694,"date":"2025-05-17T20:36:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T15:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=74694"},"modified":"2025-05-17T20:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T15:36:21","slug":"fia-apprehends-four-human-traffickers-at-karachi-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fia-apprehends-four-human-traffickers-at-karachi-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA apprehends four Human Traffickers at Karachi airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">KARACHI: <\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fia-summons-ptis-alia-hamza-over-social-media-misuse\/\">Federal Investigation Agency<\/a> (FIA) <span class=\"diff-highlight\">apprehended<\/span> four <span class=\"diff-highlight\">suspects<\/span> at Karachi airport for <span class=\"diff-highlight\">allegedly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">engaging<\/span> in human trafficking operations <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">Saturday<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">statement<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">FIA<\/span>, the suspects <span class=\"diff-highlight\">who<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">come<\/span> from Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, and Gujranwala were\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">arrested<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">as<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">they<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">returned<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistan<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">after<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">serving<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">their<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">sentences<\/span> in the UAE <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">illegal<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">infringement<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">were<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">subsequently<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">deported<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The FIA <span class=\"diff-highlight\">reported<\/span> that the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">suspects<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">returned<\/span> using emergency travel documents. The <span class=\"diff-highlight\">FIA<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">verified<\/span> that the suspects <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">custody<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> its <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fia-arrests-most-wanted-human-trafficker-involved-in-smuggling-citizens-to-europe\/\">Anti-Human Trafficking Circle<\/a> in Karachi for <span class=\"diff-highlight\">prosecution<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in January, more than 30 FIA <span class=\"diff-highlight\">officials<\/span> were <span class=\"diff-highlight\">suspended<\/span> and charged with <span class=\"diff-highlight\">engaging<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> illegal migration. The crackdown <span class=\"diff-highlight\">started<\/span> after a boat <span class=\"diff-highlight\">capsized<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">off<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">coast<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> Greece in December last year, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">which<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">was<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">carrying<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">undocumented<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">migrants<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Over 80 Pakistanis <span class=\"diff-highlight\">died<\/span> in the incident, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> 36 rescued; <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">remainder<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">missing<\/span>. In <span class=\"diff-highlight\">response<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">incident<\/span>, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities to take strict measures against traffickers and accomplices.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">There<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">has<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">been<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">coordinated<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">national<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">response<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> multiple arrests. <span class=\"diff-highlight\">In<\/span> Lahore<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">FIA<\/span> alone <span class=\"diff-highlight\">has<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">arrested<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">177<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">people<\/span> in the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">last<\/span> three months concerning\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">human<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">trafficking<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) apprehended four suspects at Karachi airport for allegedly engaging in human trafficking operations to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on\u00a0Saturday. According to a statement from the FIA, the suspects who come from Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, and Gujranwala were\u00a0arrested as they returned to Pakistan after serving their sentences in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[849,9977,28088],"class_list":["post-74694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-federal-investigation-agency","tag-human-trafficking","tag-anti-human-trafficking-circle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74695,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74694\/revisions\/74695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}