2620 foreign employment complaints for 2025…
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment states that during the 7 months from January to July this year, cases were filed against individuals and unlicensed employment agencies who engaged in fraudulent foreign employment practices and actions were taken to recover over Rs. 1.94 billion from the victims.
These cases have been filed following special raids carried out on the instructions of the Bureau’s Deputy General Manager, Attorney-at-Law, Mrs. Nelum Samarasekera, and complaints received by the Bureau.
Accordingly, the number of cases filed in court against foreign employment fraudsters in the last 7 months is 567, and the Bureau has received 2620 various complaints during that period. Furthermore, the number of raids carried out by the Special Investigation Division of the Bureau during this period is 05, including one licensed foreign employment agency that engaged in illegal activities. During this period, 36 fraudsters have been arrested. Among them, 07 people from licensed employment agencies are also included.
Meanwhile, the Bureau has succeeded in recovering over Rs. 18.25 million from victims of foreign employment during the year 2024, and the Bureau has received 4658 complaints related to foreign employment last year.
The Bureau informs the public to refrain from paying money to such fraudsters without first consulting the Bureau, as fraudsters are allegedly offering jobs in Israel, South Korea, Japan, Romania and the Middle East.
Furthermore, the Bureau requests that if there are individuals who have fraudulently obtained such money in the past, please report the information about such individuals to the Bureau’s telephone number 1989.