New Delhi [India], The National Investigation Agency on Friday arrested the sixth accused after a massive search in Maharashtra's Nashik in connection with a human trafficking and cyber fraud case.
Sudarshan Darade of Nashik is the sixth person to be arrested in this case in less than three weeks.
On May 27, the NIA had arrested five more accused following a multi-state search in a joint operation with respective state police forces.
Apart from the arrests, the NIA has seized several incriminating materials including documents, digital devices and bank account details, which the NIA is investigating to uncover the conspiracy behind the human trafficking and forcible cyber fraud case.
The NIA took over the case from Mumbai Police on May 13 after preliminary findings revealed a nationwide nexus between smugglers and cyber fraudsters working at the behest of international syndicates."Investigation has revealed that Darade was directly involved in an organized trafficking syndicate which was engaged in luring Indian youth on the false promise of legal employment and smuggling them to foreign countries," the NIA said.
“Through elaborate syndicates controlled and operated primarily by foreign nationals, youths were being forced to work in fake call centers in Laos, the Golden Triangle SEZ and Cambodia, among other locations.”
According to the NIA, these syndicates were linked to operatives based in different parts of India as well as other countries like UAE and Vietnam apart from Cambodia and Laos SEZs.
"All the accused arrested so far were working in collaboration with smugglers operating across the international border to illegally transport Indian youth from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to Laos SEZ," the NIA said.
According to the NIA investigation, these youth victims of trafficking were forced to indulge in online illegal activities like credit card fraud, investing in crypto currency using fake applications and honey trapping, which are continuing.
Sudarshan Darade of Nashik is the sixth person to be arrested in this case in less than three weeks.
On May 27, the NIA had arrested five more accused following a multi-state search in a joint operation with respective state police forces.
Apart from the arrests, the NIA has seized several incriminating materials including documents, digital devices and bank account details, which the NIA is investigating to uncover the conspiracy behind the human trafficking and forcible cyber fraud case.
The NIA took over the case from Mumbai Police on May 13 after preliminary findings revealed a nationwide nexus between smugglers and cyber fraudsters working at the behest of international syndicates."Investigation has revealed that Darade was directly involved in an organized trafficking syndicate which was engaged in luring Indian youth on the false promise of legal employment and smuggling them to foreign countries," the NIA said.
“Through elaborate syndicates controlled and operated primarily by foreign nationals, youths were being forced to work in fake call centers in Laos, the Golden Triangle SEZ and Cambodia, among other locations.”
According to the NIA, these syndicates were linked to operatives based in different parts of India as well as other countries like UAE and Vietnam apart from Cambodia and Laos SEZs.
"All the accused arrested so far were working in collaboration with smugglers operating across the international border to illegally transport Indian youth from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to Laos SEZ," the NIA said.
According to the NIA investigation, these youth victims of trafficking were forced to indulge in online illegal activities like credit card fraud, investing in crypto currency using fake applications and honey trapping, which are continuing.