“Bareskrim Reveals International TIP Network Sending Illegal Workers To Bahrain”

… The Directorate of PPA and PPO Bareskrim Polri has succeeded in uncovering an international network of people trafficking crimes (TPPO) operating in Bahrain. The network has been carrying out the practice of recruiting and sending illegal migrant workers since 2022…

The Director of Criminal Acts of PPA and PPO Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Nurul Azizah, said that this disclosure began with a report by one of the victims who worked in Bahrain as an attendant spa.

The victim was recruited through the LPK in Bandar Lampung with the lure of work as a waitress and housekeeping hotel, but when he arrived in Bahrain, he experienced exploitation…

"The victims were promised decent jobs abroad, but in reality they were employed not according to the promised contract and did not get the promised wages. This is clearly a form of exploitation and violation of the rights of migrant workers," said Nurul in his statement quoted Monday, June 9…

"From the results of the examination, this network has sent a number of victims since 2022 with profits reaching hundreds of millions of rupiah. We have also confiscated a number of evidences such as passports, visas, work contracts, to account books and communication tools," said Nurul…