“Manager jailed for a year in human trafficking case”

Two workers, who were brought over from Egypt to work in a bread factory, were allegedly forced to instead do construction work and hard labour at the house of their manager, a court has heard.

The High Criminal Court found the Jordanian manager guilty of forcing the two victims to work for long hours for meagre pay and without breaks, forging contracts and stealing the men’s passports.

He was sentenced to a year behind bars, that is expected to be suspended for three years from the date when the final verdict is issued, which will occur once the Jordanian exhausts his two appeal options.

The court also fined the defendant BD5,000 and ordered him to pay for the repatriation of the two victims…

The 30-year-old accused was convicted on five charges, including human trafficking involving the two individuals, and making them work for an unfair salary and in unsuitable conditions that did not meet the legal requirements…

He was also convicted of forced labour, forgery and knowingly submitting a forged document to a government body and stealing property given to him for safekeeping…

The man admitted to the Public Prosecution that he employed the men in jobs that were not specified in their contracts…