Crackdown on unlicensed overseas recruitment; Margao agency raided, docs seized, office sealed

PROTECTOR OF EMIGRANTS, GOA POLICE ENFORCE EMIGRATION ACT PROVISIONS

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The Protector of Emigrants (PoE), Bengaluru, which holds jurisdiction over Karnataka and Goa, in coordination with the Goa Police, conducted a joint enforcement operation against an alleged unlicensed immigration consultancy at Margao on Friday.

The raid targeted the consultancy office located next to the Multipurpose College, Borda, Margao, which was found to be engaged in allegedly illegal overseas recruitment activities in violation of the Emigration Act, 1983.

The operation led by Avaneesh Shukla, Protector of Emigrants, Bengaluru saw the agency effecting seizure of key documents, registers, and other materials relevant to the investigation. The consultancy office was sealed after the raid.