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“The problem of human trafficking cannot be addressed by a single

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governmental. In order to be effective and to provide a sustainable solution to the issue, engagement must be

multi-stakeholder in approach and focused on

partnerships”.

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Illegal Registration of Aliens

Arrests of Human Traffickers and Smugglers

UNODC and FIA Hold a Joint Regional Conference in Karachi

Special Courts Established for FIA to Deal with Human Trafficking

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Pakistan is a source, transit, and destination Pakhtunkhwa where different officials have country for men, women, and children assisted Afghans in illegally obtaining subjected to trafficking in persons. Pakistani national identity cards. According to latest figures released by the National Alien Registration Authority, In August 2015, FIAs Anti Human Trafficking Pakistan is a destination of trafficking Circle Karachi conducted a raid on a NADRA victims for 1.03 million Bangladeshis, the office located in Jackson Market Kemari, second largest group of illegal migrants in and arrested the in-charge Mr. Abdul Pakistan, the largest group being is 2.21 Qadeer along with sundry other officials. million Afghans. Apart from Afghans and The raid was conducted on an alert that a Bangladeshis, there are illegal migrants considerable sum of money was being from Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, Sri Lanka, charged by the officers concerned and India among other countries. specifically from Afghans, for the illegal

issuance of Pakistani CNICs. Afghans in Pakistan, unlike in Iran, are not confined to camps. Afghan refugees can Cases have been registered against eight move freely across the country and have N A D R A o f f i c i a l s a g a i n s t w h o m settled in cities like Karachi. In the recent investigations are being conducted under few months the issue of provision of the supervision of Director Sindh Mr Shahid National Identity Cards (CNICs) to Afghans Hayat Khan, for allegedly registering aliens has been highlighted in the media. Several including Bengalis, Burmese, Afghans, and arrests have been made in Khyber Indians.

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During the time period, Anti Human agencies extorting money to send people Trafficking Circles throughout Pakistan abroad. At the United Technical Training conducted several routine raids to arrest Center in Iqbal Town four human smugglers most wanted human traffickers and namely Haji Nazar, Ashraf, Ali Raza, and Tariq smugglers. Tufail were apprehended. Six passports plus

several medical certificates, police Sindh Zone: The Karachi office arrested clearance certificates, and a laptop were Muhammad Khurram, Hassan Zubairi, also seized therefrom.Naveed Noor Hussain, and Ehsanul Hassan, all cited in the FIA Redbook 2014-2015. The The Jam Mushtaq recruiting agency in More office also arrested three human traffickers: Samanabad was also raided by AHTC Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Zahid, Lahore. Mati-ur-Rehman and Saddam and Muhammad Ameen. During this raid Hussain were arrested on the spot, having several counterfeit degrees, technical been involved in sending persons illegally to school certificates, and visa processing Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Malaysia. 25 forms were also seized. passports and blank stamp paper were

seized from their possession.Punjab Zone: The Lahore office conducted raids arresting six human traffickers. The Islamabad Zone: As noted by Director raids were carried out against recruiting Islamabad Zone Mr Inam Ghani, six most

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This Regional Conference was hosted by co-chaired the opening ceremony with Mr. UNODC Country Office Pakistan in Cesar Guedes, Representative UNODC; as collaboration with the Federal Investigation well as Her Excellency Margaret Adamson, Agency (FIA), Government of Pakistan. High Commissioner for Australia; H.E. Supported by the Government of Australia, Heather Cruden, High Commissioner for this high-level gathering was the first of its Canada; and H.E . Br ig i tta B laha, kind in the region wherein all relevant Ambassador of Austria, who also delivered source, transit, and destination countries keynote speeches. Giving his welcome participated. It discussed the challenges address, Mr. Guedes relayed UNODC's emerging from the HTMS situation in the efforts in helping the world to effectively region and beyond, with the aim of combat HTMS in the region and beyond. He enhancing regional cooperation regarding hailed the national strategy of the FIA, irregular migration attempts. Senior Government of Pakistan, to effectively government officials and representatives address HTMS in Pakistan. "There are 2.4 from fifty countries, along with ten million victims of human trafficking around ambassadors and high commissioners the world at any given time, out of which 70 accredited to Pakistan, attended the percent are women and young girls. HTMS conference. remains one of the most lucrative

businesses generating over $32 billion in Mr. Akbar Khan Hoti, Director General FIA, profits annually", said Mr. Guedes. In his

UNODC and FIA hold a joint regional conference in Karachi

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Tackling the issue of pendency of a high court was dealing with all FIA cases number of court cases in Punjab due to large concerning human trafficking/migrant territorial coverage, the Prime Minister of smuggling and other issues. In addition two Pakistan approved the establishment of more special courts for bank-related new special courts in Lahore. Interior offences have been established, one each in Minister Ch. Nisar Ali Khan visited FIA HQ on Multan and Lahore. 22 October 2014, wherein the Director General requested the establishment of additional special courts in Lahore and Gujrat.

Two new special courts (Central II and III Special) have been established: cases from districts Okara and Kasur are now transferred to the Special Judge Central II whereas those originating from districts Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib are entrusted to the Special Judge Central III. Prior to this notification a single special

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wanted human traffickers from the Redbook list have been arrested this year, along with 177 human smugglers convicted by the courts. These human smugglers were fined the amount of PKR 1 0 . 2 5 m i l l i o n b y t h e respective courts, thus setting an example showing zero tolerance in human trafficking cases.

opening remarks Mr. Hoti highlighted the transnational criminal syndicates' use of unfrequented routes for their nefarious plans to smuggle people, weapons, and other contraband across borders. "We have improved domestic laws, as well as deployed technological means such as the Integrated Border Management System (IBMS) which has the capacity to risk manage and detect illegal movements", stated Mr. Hoti.

H.E. Dr. Ishrat ul Ibad Khan, Governor of Sindh Province, was Chief Guest on the concluding day. He acknowledged the professionalism of UNODC and FIA in their strategic approach to effectively combat HTMS.

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Quarterly Data Analysis

General Offloaded

Station Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Total

Islamabad 232 221 191 150 176 177 1147

Karachi 74 74 67 30 25 46 316

Lahore 25 26 31 30 21 26 159

Peshawar 279 142 143 87 106 74 831

Quetta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sialkot 40 35 30 13 25 36 179

Total 650 498 462 310 353 359 2632

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Islamabad 8 18 6 12 11 4 59

Karachi 1 2 1 1 0 3 8

Lahore 15 11 6 15 3 6 56

Peshawar 0 1 0 0 1 2 4

Quetta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sialkot 0 1 0 0 2 0 3

Total 25 33 13 28 17 15 131

Deported for Forged Documents


Islamabad 0 3 0 6 0 2 11

Karachi 2 0 1 0 0 1 4

Lahore 17 3 5 7 3 4 39

Peshawar 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Quetta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sialkot 0 0 0 0 2 2 4

Total 19 7 6 13 5 9 59


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This project was made possible thanks to the financial support from the DIBP (Government of Australia)

General Deportees

S. No Country Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Total

1 Bahrain 2 11 7 15 37 45 117

2 Greece 116 147 79 52 85 84 563

3 Iran 0 1 8 6 22 7 44

4 Malaysia 247 343 312 278 279 406 1865

5 Oman 380 529 1066 556 429 408 3368

7 South Africa 60 34 52 62 60 63 331

8 Turkey 199 193 203 156 185 281 1217

9 U.K. 185 207 230 222 177 312 1333

10 UAE 554 696 820 540 658 789 4057

Total 1743 2161 2777 1887 1932 2395 12895