In 1920, the United States passed the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, outlawing the production, sale and transportation of alcohol. The next thirteen years saw an upshot in banditry, the rise of organised crime on the backs of alcohol smuggling, gang violence, police corruption and an international alcohol smuggling racket that raked in millions of dollars […]
NGOs question joint MOM inspections, police inaction
Local NGOs like HOME and TWC2 have questioned inspections of repatriation companies in November held by the Ministry of Manpower. The NGOs also question why the police refuse to help workers abused by repatriation companies.