Kenya issues new warning on jobs scams, human trafficking cartels
Kenya's Minister for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Alfred Mutua speaking on October 27, 2022. His ministry says it has been receiving calls and messages from distressed Kenyans who are victims of international human traffickers. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG
Kenyan authorities have yet again cautioned citizens against falling victim to job scams after it emerged that rogue agents are luring people with the promise of jobs in southeast Asia then end up trafficking them.
A statement by the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs made public on Friday says that the Kenyan embassy in Bangkok collaborated with the International Organisation on Migration (IOM), HAART Kenya and security agencies to rescue 50 Kenyans from the region in the recent past. The 50 had fallen victim to these job frauds.
