Issue 6

This issue 63 most wanted human traffickers added to the “The problem of human “Red Book”: 2 trafficking cannot be ad- dressed by a single stake- The Arrest of Human Traffickers 3 holder, whether public, UNODC - FIA Joint Sessions on Police private or non-govern- Sensitisation and Community Awareness: 4 mental. In order to be ef-

Quarterly Data Analysis 5 fective and to provide a sustainable solution to the issue, engagement must be multi-stakeholder in approach and focused on partnerships”.

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63 most wanted human traffickers added to the “Red Book”: Federal Investigation Agency has added 63 the FIA Headquarters for passing on relevant most wanted human traffickers in its Red information about these most wanted traf- Book during January - February 2016. The fickers on Telephone number 051-9260941. list entails names, photographs, respective With the help of general public and field in- police station and residence addresses for telligence, 46 most wanted traffickers and proper information of other law enforcement 1236 proclaimed offenders were arrested in agencies and stakeholders. Most of these 2014-15. wanted human traffickers belong to different areas of the country including , Si- alkot, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin, Rahim Yar Khan, Gujrat and Sargodha. However, this very list does not carry any name from Khy- ber Pakhtunkhwa.

This stands in conjunction with FIA’s opera- tional activism in which FIA has chalked out an all-inclusive strategy to launch crackdown against these criminal syndicates. General public is being encouraged to cooperate with FIA and other LEAs to ensure early arrest of these most wanted traffickers. Concurrently, a control room has also been established at 2 Human Trafficking Migrant smuggling& Newsletter

The Arrest of Human Traffickers

Punjab Zone: The FIA’s Anti-Human Traffick- tial investigation revealed that he had not ing Cells raided locations in Gujrat, Toba Tek been to the United States since 2010 due Singh and Khushab, and arrested four human to a business dispute. FIA Immigration offi- traffickers on Saturday, 16 January 2016. cials checked his record and status through These human traffickers were detained for the Integrated Border Management System investigation to reveal any further informa- (IBMS), which revealed that his name was tion that may help the FIA in further arrests. put on the Exit Control List (ECL) and notic- The detained suspects included Mazhar es had been served on him in the past. After Mushtaq, Mohammad Umer, Alamdar Hus- thorough scrutiny, Habib-Ur-Rehman was ar- sain and Nasir Arshad. More than 20 local rested and shifted to an Anti Human Traffick- and foreign passports were also seized from ing Cell (AHTC) for further investigation and their possession. necessary action.

The FIA in the Zone arrested Habib- Zone: In its crackdown on human Ur-Rehman on Saturday, 26 March 2016; traffickers in the twin of Islamabad he was trying to travel abroad illegally, and and Rawalpindi, the FIA arrested six human another suspect, Habib-ur-Rehman, tried to traffickers and recovered 45 passports from board on flight PK-711 for New York from their possession in January 2016. A raid was Allama Iqbal International Airport with a US conducted on Premier Travel and Tours locat- passport. While boarding, it was found out ed in Al-Baber Plaza, F-8 Markaz, Islamabad, that the passport had been issued in March where two human traffickers, Muhammad 2011, and that he had no previous travel re- Kamran and Shahid Nazir, were arrested with cord on the passport; furthermore, the ini- 20 passports in their possession. A similar 3 Continued on Page 08 Human Trafficking Migrant smuggling& Newsletter

UNODC - FIA Joint Sessions on Police Sensitisa- tion and Community Awareness: Federal Investigation Agency and United cies for ensuring early arrest of the fugi- Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Paki- tive human traffickers-cum-notorious pro- stan are organizing a series of sessions claimed offenders (POs) from abroad as for Police officials and Civil society repre- well. He informed the participants that FIA sentatives across . These sessions has a continuous long term cooperation are intended to educate police officials with UNODC country office in Pakistan, in- on issues of HTMS and their appropriate cluding Research and Analysis Center-RAC, handling especially correct registration of a joint venture of UNODC and FIA, where FIRs with relevant legal clauses, and along- research is being carried out to identify side ensure pre-emption by raising HTMS gaps and provision of durable solutions. awareness amongst important segments of civil society and its undesirable impacts Mr Sajid Akram, Deputy Director Punjab on victims. Zone said that Gujranwala region has be- come hub of HTMS across Punjab as 36 On 10th March 2016 sessions for Police most wanted human traffickers in the Red officials and civil society were organized Book of the Federal Investigation Agen- in Gujranwala. During the sessions, Major cy belong to Gujranwala. Mr Masood Na- Amir from UNODC described the UNODC’s seem, Deputy Director Law of Punjab zone role and collaboration with FIA, police and highlighted that these traffickers have other LEAs. He appreciated that FIA was spread their well-organized illegal network seeking active cooperation of Interpol and to Gujranwala, Gujarat and Mandi Bahaud- other international law enforcement agen- din, under which they send innocent people

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Quarterly Data Analysis

Comparison Of General Offloadees With Previous Quarter

Analysis: There has been an increase of observed with lesser fluctuation between 97 cases in comparison with previous the months i.e. -77 between Oct- Nov 15. quarter. Significant decrease has been observed for Lahore airport where there Lahore: In comparison with previous quar- has been a decline from 118 to 54 cases ter, sharp decrease of 64 cases has been ob- i.e. a decline of 54.24% and a very served with a steady declining trend. significant increase of cases at Multan from 35 cases to 104 cases i.e. 197.14%. : In comparison with previous quarter, an increase of 25 cases has been Islamabad airport remained at the top observed with a steady decrease between where maximum number of passengers months of current quarter. were offloaded during 1st quarter 2016 i.e. 553, followed by Peshawar 256, K a r a - Sialkot: In comparison with previous quar- chi 244, Sialkot 139, Multan 104 and ter, an increase of 12 cases has been ob- Lahore 54. served with lesser fluctuation between the Islamabad: In comparison with months i.e. +27 between Nov-Dec 15. previous quarter, an increase of 20 cases has been observed with lesser Multan: In comparison with previous quar- fluctuation between the months i.e. -114 ter, a sharp increase of 69 cases has been between Oct- Nov 15. observed with fluctuation between the months i.e. +25 between Dec 2015 and Jan : In comparison with previous 2016. quarter an increase of 35 cases has been Comparison Of OFDs With Previous Quarter

Analysis: There has been a decline of 34.04% decrease has been observed at Islamabad in comparison with previous quarter. Major airport from 57 cases down to 20 cases i.e.

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64.91% decrease. Lahore: In comparison with previous quar- Despite that, Lahore airport remained at ter, increase of 03 cases has been observed the top where maximum number of with a steady declining trend. passengers were offloaded during 1st quarter 2016 i.e. 28, followed by Islamabad Peshawar: In comparison with previous 20, Karachi 6, Peshawar 5 and Sialkot 3. quarter, an increase of 02 cases has been observed. Islamabad: In comparison with previous quarter, a sharp decrease of 37 cases has Sialkot: In comparison with previous quar- been observed with lesser fluctuation be- ter, a decrease of 01 case has been ob- tween the months i.e. -6 between Nov-Dec served. 15. Multan: No activity observed in this quarter Karachi: In comparison with previous quar- also. ter, an increase of 01 case has been ob- served.

Comparison of General Deportees With Previous Quarter

Analysis: A decline of 2212 cases has been tween the months i.e. between Oct- Nov 15. observed in comparison with the previous quarter, i.e. an overall decline of 11.12%. Is- Lahore: In comparison with previous quar- lamabad’s airport had the maximum share of ter, decrease of 49 cases has been observed this decline, i.e. 840 cases or 22.45% of with a fluctuating declining trend. this share. Karachi’s airport remained at the top of the list, where a maximum number Peshawar: In comparison with previous of deportees were recieved during the 1st quarter, an increase of 174 cases has been quarter of 2016, i.e. 10026, followed by observed with a steady increase between Lahore (3670), Islamabad (2902), Peshawar months of current quarter. (679), Sialkot (224) and Multan (176). Sialkot: In comparison with previous quar- Karachi: In comparison with previous quar- ter, a sharp decrease of 513 cases has been ter, a decrease of 1062 cases has been ob- observed with significant decline between served with fluctuating figures between the months i.e. between Nov-Dec 15. the months i.e. Feb-Mar 2016. Multan: In comparison with previous quar- Islamabad: In comparison with previous ter, a sharp increase of 78 cases has been quarter, a decrease of 840 cases has been observed. observed with lesser fluctuation be-

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Comparison Of General Deportees from Various Countries With Previous Quarter

Analysis: Overall a decline of 1105 cases, i.e. quarter, a decrease of 316 cases has been 19.12%, has been observed in comparison observed with fluctuation between the with the previous quarter. A major decline months i.e. Feb-Mar 2016. in cases has been observed in Greece from 177 to 30, i.e. 83.05%; Bahrain from 187 to UK: In comparison with previous quarter, 64, or a decline of 65.78%; Malaysia from decrease of 49 cases has been observed 1146 to 830, a decline of 27.57%; Oman with a steady increasing trend. from 634 to 404, a decline of 36.28%; Tur- key from 591 to 189, a decline of 68.02%, Oman: In comparison with previous quarter, and the UAE from 2511 to 2485, a decline a decrease of 230 cases has been observed of 1.04%. Conversely, some countries have with a sharp increase between months of seen an increase, such as the United King- current quarter i.e. Jan- Feb 2016. dom, which witnessed its numbers jump from 457 to 551, or 29.04% and South Af- Turkey: In comparison with previous quar- rica, which saw its numbers go from 89 to ter, a sharp decrease of 402 cases has been 116, or 30.34%. observed with sharp increase between the months i.e. between Jan-Feb 2016. The UAE remained at the top of the list of where the largest number of passengers South Africa: In comparison with previous were deported during the first quarter of quarter, an increase of 27 cases has been 2016, i.e. 2485, followed by Malaysia (830), observed. UK (551), Oman 404, Turkey 189, S o u t h A f r i c a 1 1 6 , G r e e c e 3 0 a n d I r a n 0 6 . Greece: In comparison with previous quar- ter, a decrease of 147 cases has been ob- UAE: In comparison with previous quarter, served with sharp increase between the a decrease of 26 cases has been observed months i.e. between Feb-March 2016. with fluctuations between the months i.e. Jan-Feb 2016. Iran: In comparison with previous quarter, a decrease of 12 cases has been observed. Malaysia: In comparison with previous

Continued from Page 04 because taking internal human traffickers abroad illegally by extorting big amount into custody and registering cases under of money. People are given false hopes by Pakistan Penal Code is responsibility of showing them golden dreams and lucra- Police. tive future abroad. Highlighting the Role of police, Mr Mian Muhammad Sabir, As- sistant Director from FIA Gujranwala said that Police is very important in both pre- vention and control of human trafficking 7 Human Trafficking Migrant smuggling& Newsletter

Comparison of DFDs (category-wise) with the Previous Quarter

Analysis: The data indicates no major However, it has been observed that DFD change, except a minor decrease of 03 cas- cases are mostly taking place at three major es in comparison with the previous quarter. airports (Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore).

Continued from Page 03 husband’s illicit business (ostensibly that of raid was conducted at Saddar Rawalpin- a travel agent and student consultant). Their di, where human-trafficker Yasir Qayyum office is located at Chandni Chowk by the was arrested and three passports were re- name of “Kraker Consultants”. Another raid covered from his possession. The raid was was conducted by the Islamabad Zone’s FIA conducted on a field intelligence report. An- in February at Lalkurti, Rawalpindi, where other human trafficker, Haq Nawaz was -ar a human trafficker named Muhammad rested from Choor Chowk, Rawalpindi, with Shoaib, a resident of Sialkot, was arrested 19 passports and 5 fake driving licences in and 11 passports were seized from his pos- his possession. On a tip off, another raid was session. conducted on 6th Road, Rawalpindi in which a human-smuggler, Jibran Mubarak, was ar- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Zone: On Friday, 1 rested with the recovery of three passports January 2016, the FIA in the Khyber Pakh- from his possession. tunkhwa Zone arrested four human smug- glers and seized several fake passports, air FIA Immigration at Benazir Bhutto Interna- tickets and other illegal documents during tional Airport on 7 January 2016 arrested raids in different areas of the province. The Ehtesham-ul-Haq, who was trying to flee arrested human traffickers were involved in from the country on flight PK-741 to Jeddah, illicitly smuggling people to Europe via Iran Saudi Arabia. Ehtesham-ul-Haq is a human and Turkey. The suspects were identified as trafficker and a proclaimed offender hailing Fida Hussain, Mohammad Ishaq, Iftikhar-ul- from Mardan. The arrested human trafficker Haq and Abid Ali. Meanwhile, a proclaimed is the husband of a PIA airhostess, who was offender was also arrested during the raids also arrested afterwards for supporting her in Takht-i-Bai, Mardan.

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