The Immigration Department and Police are now hunting for four Indian Nationals who are linked to the human trafficking scam uncovered yesterday with 12 illegal aliens and some locals taken into custody.
Director Immigration Nemani Vuniwaqa said they believe there are more people out there, brought into the country through the human trafficking scam and he believes the human trafficking racket has been in operation for a number of years.
Vuniwaqa said they are in the process of notifying their counterparts around the region and suspect that the racket is linked to many other countries.
He said the 12, who have been detained are assisting them with information in relation to the scam and helping track down the locals believed to be involved before they are deported.
11 men and one woman, who are Indian nationals, are believed to have been brought into Fiji by a local company about eight months ago and were staying illegally in the country
Vuniwaqa said the Indian nationals were arrested after raids were conducted in the Nasinu area and at this stage, they are now trying to ascertain how the passports of these Indian nationals are showing that they have been in and out of Fiji, when infact they have been staying in Fiji all this time.
Meanwhile, two Fiji citizens are to be deported from Canada after they were arrested in Canada's first human trafficking scam yesterday.
The Calgary Chronicle reports that the two women along with a Chinese national were found in a home in Edmonton, Western Canada after they were rescued from a home where they were being kept.
The report said the three were lured to Canada and then ended up working in a massage parlour. The newspaper said the women ate, drank and slept in the room they worked in and allegedly were expected to perform sexual acts 24 hours a day, seven days a week for several weeks.
Three people have been arrested in Edmonton in relation to the human trafficking scandal.
Immigration Dept, Police hunt for 4 Indian National
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