NEW DELHI: Nepali Embassy in New Delhi, India is working on a list of over 300 agents active in trafficking gullible Nepali youths to third countries via India.

Earlier, Khabarhub had published a news about incidents of trafficking of Nepali youths to third countries via the southern neighbor.

The name-list, obtained by Khabarhub, has been collected following complaints by the victims that they were swindled by their agents, according to a source at New Delhi-based Nepali Embassy.

“We are currently collecting and analyzing a list of agents and trying to track them out on the basis of victims’ complaints who have been swindled by their agents,” said an official at the Embassy, adding, “We will soon send the list to the Nepal government for necessary action.”

The official went on to say that a big number of foreign job aspirants who came to India with the hope of third-country employment have been stranded in New Delhi.

“They have submitted a huge amount of money to their agents through mediators. Unfortunately, they do not even recognize who their agents are and where they reside,” he said.

Over 800 foreign jobs-related complaints have been filed at the Department of Foreign Employment in the last five months.

Khabarhub, in a recently conducted field-based reporting, had stated that a quite big number of human traffickers are active in sending Nepali youths to third countries.

Agents fleece a Nepali youth over Rs 2 million promising him/her of lucrative jobs in Poland, Malta, Hong Kong, Israel, the UAE, Brunei, Norway, and Canada.

What do legal provisions say?

An agent, who is found defrauding foreign job aspirants, is sentenced to five years in jail along with a fine as per the provision laid down in the Foreign Employment Act. 2007.

Over 800 foreign jobs-related complaints have been filed at the Department of Foreign Employment in the last five months.

“The DoFE has been stepping up efforts to curb incidences of frauds and anomalies surrounding foreign employment, Dilip Kumar Chapagain, General Director at the DoFE, told Khabarhub.

He said, “A big mafia is active in human trafficking targeting gullible Nepali youths by luring them into lucrative jobs in the third countries,” Chapagain said.

The following is the list prepared by the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi: