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Oman warns of fake job offers fueling human trafficking
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Oman warns of fake job offers fueling human trafficking

From Times of Oman · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Oman has warned that fake overseas job offers are increasingly used by human trafficking networks to lure victims into forced labor and exploitation.
  • Criminal networks exploit digital platforms, promising lucrative employment before trapping individuals in exploitative conditions or forcing them into online fraud schemes.
  • Oman employs a national strategy focused on prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnership, with victim safety at its core, and has strengthened its legal framework to combat emerging trafficking forms.

Oman is confronting a growing threat of human trafficking, with criminal networks increasingly using fake overseas job offers to ensnare victims. These deceptive schemes, often promoted through digital platforms, lure individuals with promises of lucrative employment before forcing them into exploitative labor, cybercrime, or online fraud.

Trapped in the Fraud Trap

— AuthoritiesThis is this year's global theme for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, highlighting how criminal networks exploit digital platforms to deceive people with promises of lucrative employment before trapping them in exploitative conditions or coercing them into online fraud schemes.

Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al Harthy, Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs, highlighted the issue during the observance of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. He stressed that human trafficking is a grave violation of human freedom and fundamental rights. Oman's comprehensive national strategy addresses this through prevention, protection, prosecution, and institutional partnerships, prioritizing victim safety.

human trafficking is not merely a legal violation but a direct assault on human freedom and fundamental rights.

— Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al HarthyUndersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs and Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, stressed the severity of the crime during the observance of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.

The country's Law on Combating Human Trafficking, enacted via Royal Decree No. 78/2025, bolsters the legal framework to tackle new forms of trafficking and enhance victim protection. Brigadier Jamal Habib Al Quraishi of the Royal Oman Police noted that while cases in Oman remain limited, authorities treat each instance as a serious crime. Traffickers are employing sophisticated online scams, luring victims with fake job opportunities abroad, only to confine them upon arrival and force participation in cyber-enabled crimes like romance scams and cryptocurrency fraud.

traffickers are increasingly using fraudulent recruitment advertisements to entice victims with attractive job offers abroad before forcing them into criminal activities, including online fraud.

— Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al HarthyUndersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs and Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, highlighted the evolving tactics of traffickers.
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Originally published by Times of Oman in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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