Pakistani Federal Investigative Agency revealed trading operations with people disguised as a football team (pictures through Getty Images) The Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) revealed trading operations masked as a football team and after an unsuccessful attempt at an illegal attempt detained 22 men.According to reports, the group left for sialkot, but was deported immediately upon arrival in Japan when the authorities identified their documents as fake. FIA spokesman revealed that men were “trained to act and behave as a professional footballers” in an effort to go through immigration controls. The investigation focused on Malik Waqas, who allegedly set up a fake football club called Golden Football Trial to make this operation easier. The FIA described it as a missile championship and noted that in 2024 it was involved in a similar scheme. According to the WAQAS report, each individual PKR charged 4 million (approximately inr 12 lakh) to ensure their travel. He is accused of fittings of sevearal documents, including false registration documents allegedly issued by the Pakistani football federation and invented the permission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Waqas was 15 September arrested by FIA \, which has since begun a wider investigation. During the interrogation, he admitted that in January 2024 he sent 17 men to Japan using the same method of assembling a fraudulent football team. The case shows how to use sports identities for trading networks to make illegal migration easier. “Individuals carried false documents and posed as footballers to get abroad,” the FIA spokesman said.
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In recent years, Pakistan has increased measures against illegal immigration. In November 2023, the authorities launched an intervention against non -documenty migrants, including Afghan nationals, in the middle of security fears. The Ministry of the Interior estimates that the country organizes more than four million Afghan migrants and refugees, of which 1.7 million without legal documentation.
