Charging money for an entry visa is illegal: ROP Human trafficking can get up to 15 years in prison Brigadier General Jamal al Quraishi, Director General of Criminal Investigations
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The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has said charging money for an entry permit (visa) for a person to come to the Sultanate is a form of human trafficking and a punishable offense.
This is in response to some cases where visas were said to be sold to people against some money apart from the regular fee that allowed them to come and work for any sponsor by paying in instalments or lump sum to the seller. This is an illegal act punishable with fines and jail term, the Criminal Investigations Department dealing with human trafficking crimes warned.
Legal luminary passes away
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Oman s legal fraternity mourned the demise of Dr Suad bint Mohammed al Lamkiya, the first law graduate of Oman, the world s second Arab female judge and one who inspired women of many generations to stand at par with men in the march of nation-building. Suad al Lamkiyah is a national treasure; an inspirational daughter of Oman, remembers Dr Mohammed al Zadjali, Chairman of Oman Lawyers Association, adding, We send our deepest sympathies to her family and friends and join the dear and near ones in their grief.
Omani Lawyers Association had honoured her as the first female lawyer in the Sultanate, on Omani Women s Day in 2020. She was considered the first legal adviser in the Sultanate and the first lawyer as well, and the first female public prosecutor, who studied law outside the Sultanate, in Ireland, in 1959.
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In this week s Survivor Series, Uttar Kumar tells us how he was trafficked at the age of 15, and has been counselling other survivors after his rescue.
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When I was 15 years old, my mother, two brothers, and I moved to Thiruvallur on the outskirts of Chennai from Ghantabahal Gaon in Odisha in search of work. We were living in poverty and had been promised jobs at a state-of-the-art modern brick kiln. The factory middle-men had promised us that our lives would change and that we would no longer have any money troubles.
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In this week s Survivor Series, Dilip Kumar tells us how he was sold to a bangle factory in Jaipur at the age of 14.
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I grew up in Bihar where my parents were daily wagers. We grew up in poverty and I had an unhappy childhood. My parents were both alcoholics and they would drink every day after coming home from work.
They would then start fighting and even hit each other. Very often, they would beat me too. I was always very frightened. I would dream of being able to escape this constant abuse.
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