Islam abad (Pakistan News online) To stop human trafficking, the Federal investigation agency ( FIA ) has issued an advisory after 20 years, in which instructions have been issued for strict monitoring of passengers from 15 countries, 9 cities of Pakistan and 2 airlines. For the first time, the letter has ordered strict monitoring of passengers going abroad between the ages of 15 and 40.
Orders have also been issued for strict checking of young passengers of Fly Dubai and Ethiopian Airlines. Orders have also been issued to investigate passengers from Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Senegal, Kenya, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt. The letter has also given instructions for profiling passengers from Libya, Iran, Mauritania, Iraq, Turkey, Qatar, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan.
According to Daily Pakistan, 15 countries were used by Pakistanis as transit for human trafficking in Europe. The movement of passengers on visit, tourism, religious or educational visas of these countries was reviewed. The advisory was prepared by analyzing the IBMS database from July to December.
According to the advisory, passengers from Mandi Bahauddin, Gujrat, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Bambar should be closely monitored. It has also been ordered to take better steps to profile passengers from Jhelum, Toba Tek Singh, Hafizabad and Sheikhupura. All documents including return tickets, hotel bookings should be thoroughly scrutinized.
Scrutinize documents with special attention to visit or tourist visas. Interview suspicious passengers and their travel purpose and financial arrangements should be conducted. FIA officials say that a detailed record of suspicious passengers should be kept and any irregularities should be reported immediately.