{"id":3397,"date":"2017-04-12T08:24:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T05:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?p=3397"},"modified":"2017-04-12T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T05:24:15","slug":"lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/CEO-Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3377\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/CEO-Picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/CEO-Picture.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/CEO-Picture-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/CEO-Picture-883x1024.jpg 883w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Labor Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has taken a series of immediate deterrent measures against an employment agency after committing offenses classified as suspicion of trafficking in persons.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(LMRA) said that as soon as it received information, that one of the employment agencies&#8217; recruitment agency published a promotional advertisement entitled &#8220;Win a Domestic Worker&#8221;. Immediate measures were taken, including suspending the license of the concerned employment agency.<\/p>\n<p>LMRA CEO, and Head of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons Ausamah Alabsi, directed the concerned departments to take a series of immediate measures, summon the owner of the concerned employment agency, investigate the suspicion of trafficking and take legal and administrative action.<\/p>\n<p>Alabsi stressed that respect for the rights and equality of individuals is an integral part of the community and culture in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which is based on the equality of all human beings regardless of distinctions.<\/p>\n<p>He further assured that LMRA will not hesitate to take necessary measures against any suspicion of trafficking in persons, stressing that these legal measures aim to protect the rights of all workers, especially the household, and reflect the Kingdom&#8217;s international obligations to human rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labor Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has taken a series of immediate deterrent measures against an employment agency after committing offenses classified as suspicion of trafficking in persons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36,829,827,830,736,532,828],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons - Media Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons - Media Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Labor Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has taken a series of immediate deterrent measures against an employment agency after committing offenses classified as suspicion of trafficking in persons.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Media Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bahrainlmra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/CEO-Picture.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lmrabh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lmrabh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b4868f762b598a041d5e888430d4bcc\"},\"headline\":\"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":13,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Ausamah Al Absi\",\"Domestic Worker\",\"employment agency\",\"human rights\",\"National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons\",\"photo\",\"trafficking in persons\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Pressroom\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/\",\"name\":\"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons - Media Centre\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Media Centre\",\"description\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\",\"alternateName\":\"LMRA\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/lmra-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/lmra-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":998,\"caption\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bahrainlmra\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lmrabh\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/lmrabh\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lmrabh\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b4868f762b598a041d5e888430d4bcc\",\"name\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406b0a416ca6d0eacb8d1504387ee437?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406b0a416ca6d0eacb8d1504387ee437?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons - Media Centre","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons - Media Centre","og_description":"The Labor Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has taken a series of immediate deterrent measures against an employment agency after committing offenses classified as suspicion of trafficking in persons.","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/","og_site_name":"Media Centre","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bahrainlmra","article_published_time":"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/CEO-Picture.jpg"}],"author":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@lmrabh","twitter_site":"@lmrabh","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/"},"author":{"name":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b4868f762b598a041d5e888430d4bcc"},"headline":"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons","datePublished":"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/"},"wordCount":207,"commentCount":13,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization"},"keywords":["Ausamah Al Absi","Domestic Worker","employment agency","human rights","National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons","photo","trafficking in persons"],"articleSection":["Pressroom"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/","name":"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons - Media Centre","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-12T05:24:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/lmra-action-against-an-employment-agency-on-charges-of-trafficking-in-persons\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LMRA: action against an employment agency on charges of trafficking in persons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/","name":"Media Centre","description":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization","name":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","alternateName":"LMRA","url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/lmra-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/lmra-logo.jpg","width":1024,"height":998,"caption":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bahrainlmra","https:\/\/twitter.com\/lmrabh","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/lmrabh","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lmrabh\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b4868f762b598a041d5e888430d4bcc","name":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406b0a416ca6d0eacb8d1504387ee437?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406b0a416ca6d0eacb8d1504387ee437?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3398,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions\/3398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}