US officials say it is a step in the 'broader' crackdown on transnational immigration networks that undermine US laws & security, meant to 'cut off alien smuggling'.
At least 20 Indians have reached out to Indian embassy in Moscow for help. Travel agents tricked them, saying they were travelling on tourist visas to countries like Australia.
Accused Sayed Shoukat Ulla was arrested when allegedly trying to flee to Dubai from Hyderabad. Three others accused in the case were arrested in 2022 and are out on bail.
They were sent to Libya by the unscrupulous agent, where they were sold into slavery. They were stripped of their documents, separated, blindfolded and sold to their ‘masters’.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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