The Metropolitan Police Crime Division today carried out coordinated raids in nearly one-and-a-half dozen manpower agencies in the Kathmandu Valley on suspicion of their role in human trafficking.The raids were conducted in manpower agencies based in Lazimpat, Baneshwor, Patan, Gaushala, Maharajgunj and Basundhara areas.SSP Sarbendra Khanal, MPCD in-charge, said the action follows complaints about manpower agencies leaving employment seekers in the lurch in foreign land and cheating and forcing the victims into unpleasant jobs.Police investigations show that forced labour abroad and human trafficking are facilitated by a section of manpower agencies engaged in fraudulent practices.“We raided as many as 17 manpower agencies and arrested eight suspects with documents for further investigation,” Khanal told The Himalayan Times.
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