SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has failed to arrest as many as 500 human traffickers, including 40 notorious traffickers named in FIA’s Red Book. The suspects were involved in sending innocent people aboard, especially to UK, US, Greece and Gulf states illegally after extorting big amounts from them.
These human traffickers belonged to Gujranwala Division’s all the six districts of Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahaud Din, Hafizabad and Gujranwala. Their early arrest has become a big challenge for the FIA, besides, leaving a big question mark on the performance of the agency. The senior officials concerned were reluctant to give any comment about the FIA failure.
However, the Deputy Director FIA Gujranwala Khalid Anees said that the FIA Circle Gujranwala was the biggest circle across Pakistan. It has only 11 investigating officers, as this circle was suffering from shortage of the officials and staff due to which the FIA was also facing multiple difficulties in arresting the said accused.
He said that there were more than 600 inquiries lying pending at FIA Gujranwala Circle due to staff shortage.
He admitted that the FIA remained unable to arrest the 500 human traffickers and 40 notorious POs named in FIA’s Red Book. He said that most of these accused had fled away to abroad , due to which the FIA remained unable to arrest them for providing relief to the victims as well. He revealed that however, the FIA has further tightened its circles around the human traffickers here.
