GUJRAT: The anti-human trafficking circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Gujrat arrested three more alleged human traffickers as part of the nationwide crackdown launched in the wake of the Greece boat tragedy, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
At least 750 people – half of them Pakistanis – were believed to be on board a fishing trawler carrying illegal migrants to Italy capsized off the coast of Greece on June 14. Only 104 people, including 12 Pakistanis survived.
According to Deputy Director FIA Tariq Masood, the human traffickers were arrested from Phalia and Kharian city.
Separately, Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) froze the bank accounts of 41 human smugglers, arrested in connection with the Greece Boat tragedy.
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The authority will also suspend the passports and CNICs of the alleged human smugglers who were involved in the Greek migrant boat tragedy.
Director General FIA informed the Airport Incharge to make sure the human smuggler does not flee abroad. In connection with the illegal smuggling of youth to Greece, 149 cases and five inquiries have been initiated by the FIA.
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