Thread: Nine Indians indicted for human trafficking to US

Nine Indians indicted for human trafficking to US

Sridhar Krishnaswami, Press Trust Of India
Washington, December 15, 2007
First Published: 20:36 IST(15/12/2007)
Last Updated: 21:10 IST(15/12/2007)

The authorities in the United States have announced that nine persons from India have been indicted for their alleged roles in a global human trafficking racket aimed at transporting illegal immigrants through southeast Asia to the US.

The acting United States Attorney for Pennsylvania and the Department of Homeland Security have announced that nine persons from India have been indicted for their alleged roles in a major international alien smuggling ring.

A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment against nine persons from India -- Naresh Patel, Dinesh Diwan, Rakesh Patel, Hiren Mehta, Rajesh Katwa, Jitendra Sheth, Asha Varma, Bibin Balachandran and Sandip Kumar Patel -- charging them with conspiring to illegally smuggle undocumented aliens from India to Pennsylvania through Thailand, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

The indictment returned by the grand jury alleged that the racket extended from 2003 through December 5, 2007.

The grand jury said that over the past five years the defendants - eight Indian nationals and a naturalised US citizen - brought a dozen immigrants into the US on false passports and fabricated documents.

Eight suspects were arrested on December 5 in Chicago and Pennsylvania, while the ninth, 22-year-old Katwa of the Chicago area, is considered a fugitive.

According to the indictment, which has been posted by the Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania, the conspirators were paid thousands of dollars for each alien smuggled into the US.


http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage ... rafficking

Hi Had_Enuf,

The NON-immigrants (mostly H-1B job destroyers) claim to be sooo law abiding (on their website). 9 got caught, how many hundreds or more are still getting away with it?


Bangalore, India, where most of the NON-immigrant
H-1Bs come from.


Know thy enemy!
Our future overlord, and friend of Hillary Clinton.
Tata OWNS the H-1B visa program!!!

The backlash commeth! America has had enough. Good to see them start catching and prosecuting them. I hope this continues. America is getting a real education about illegal immigration and HB1 visa expansions that are NOT NEEDED!!

This is just the tip of the iceberg and I hope they are dealt with harshly and deported including the citizen and BARRED for life from the USA to discourage others from doing the same !