Human trafficking: Cops sniff out ‘inside’ links

New Delhi: The human trafficking web has widened operations to net employees working for foreign airlines at the Capital’s international airport.
This came to light after three men — Joginder Singh, working for Finnair, Dhirendra Dhuria, a boarding executive with Indian and Vishwas Anand of EuroAir — were arrested by the Delhi Police recently. They have been charged with helping passengers board planes without having to go through the mandatory checks inside the airport.
Last Wednesday, Indian airlines officials got suspicious of a passenger Kulwant Singh, who was about to board a Frankfurt-bound (AI-137) flight. The immigration stamps on Singh’s boarding pass did not look original and neither did the Schengen visa on his passport. The man was handed over to the police and thus emerged these fresh links that spawn an elaborate trafficking racket involving travel agents, touts and airlines officials.
30/08/07 Amandeep Shukla/Delhi Newsline

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Categories: Airports Aug 2007, Foreign Aug 2007, Indian Aug 2007