The suicide of an Egyptian expatriate in Kuwait has led authorities to uncover an illegal human trafficking network, after friends of the deceased revealed that they had paid company money in return for bringing them to the country, according to local newspaper Al-Anbaa.
A security source in Kuwait revealed that officials at a general trading and contracting company had been questioned in the case, later confirming that company officials had received sums of money amounting to around US$5,000 in exchange for bringing expatriates to Kuwait.
The General Criminal Investigation Department in Kuwait is preparing to refer officials at the company to the judiciary over charges of human trafficking, the source said.
Meanwhile, the Public Authority for Manpower has opened an investigation into the Egyptian expatriate, who jumped from the tenth floor of a housing complex for workers in Al-Ahmadi Governorate, the security source reported.
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