ITIC Alerts Ship Agents to Latest Smuggling Scam
Smugglers are using more inventive methods to move illegal immigrants around the world, warns the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC). Ship agents are particularly at risk and may face heavy fines if they fall victim to the smugglers' scams. Earlier this year, ITIC warned ship agents about migrant smugglers who send illegal immigrants as 'crew' for ships that don't exist. While this remains ongoing problem, the methods employed by the smugglers now appear to have become more imaginative. For example, a ship agent in Portugal recently received a request to send a letter to the French embassy in Portugal asking for visas for two men who were allegedly travelling to Portugal to discuss future business with the agent.
ITIC Launches Terms for Surveyors and Consultants
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