Kuwait: Former Bangladeshi MP guilty of human trafficking, facilitating migrant worker travel on fake contracts
Summary
Date Reported: 29 Nov 2021
Location: Kuwait
Other
Not Reported ( Construction ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Bangladesh - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Violence , Human Trafficking , Recruitment FeesResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: Mohammed Shahid was sentenced to seven years in prison, a fine of KD2.7million (USD 8.9million) and deportation after he served his sentence.
Source type: News outlet
"Kuwait issues final verdict in case of former Bangladeshi MP," 29 Nov 2021
The Kuwaiti Court of Cassation sentenced a former Bangladeshi lawmaker to seven years in prison for human trafficking and money laundering...
The authorities arrested the Bangladeshi MP in Kuwait on June 7 last year. He confessed to helping senior officials and the interior ministry in bringing migrant workers on fake contracts in exchange for sums of money...
The Criminal Investigation Department in Kuwait charged him with human trafficking, money laundering, and torturing employees of his company, based on complaints from five Bangladeshi migrant workers.
The accused MP was arrested in his home in the Mishref area and was charged with receiving money from dozens of workers in return for bringing them in from Bangladesh to Kuwait through a company he managed with illegal assistance from Kuwaiti officials accused in the case.