Bhavin Patel, Indian Arrested and may go 10 years Jail for Smuggling Indian nationals into the United States.

 Newark, NJ, Dec 13, 2018
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Bhavin Patel, 38, of India, was arrested by special agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Dec. 7, 2018 at Newark Liberty International Airport.

In 2013, an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a smuggler began meeting with Patel in Bangkok, Thailand. Patel told the undercover law enforcement officer that he wanted to smuggle Indian nationals into the United States.

 On three occasions, Patel or his conspirator transported the Indian nationals to an airport in Thailand, at which point the undercover law enforcement officer would purportedly use his contacts to smuggle them into the United States via commercial airline flights.

Homeland Security Investigations filed documents in the court, which state that a smuggling operation run by Patel was attempting to find methods to illegally smuggle foreign nationals from India into the United States. The investigation revealed that the smuggling organization recruited Indian nationals and others to pay fees in exchange for passage to the United States

• He is charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy to bring in and harbor aliens and six counts of smuggling foreign nationals into the United States for private financial gain.
• Patel arranged for six Indian nationals to be brought to Thailand for smuggling into the United States via Newark Liberty International Airport.
• Bhavin Patel agreed to wire down payments for each individual to be smuggled into the United States and to pay a balance of tens of thousands of dollars for each individual once the foreign nationals arrived in the United States.

 
He is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 18, 2018, before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez.
The people are trafficked globally vary from 20 to 37 million. The ILO estimates human trafficking generates $150.2 billion in illegal profits each year.

How many people are trafficked:
The people are trafficked globally vary from 20 to 37 million. The ILO estimates human trafficking generates $150.2 billion in illegal profits each year.