Agents make huge profits by recruiting missing migrant workers, Immigration Department raids and arrests 14 people

A man surnamed Lin, a migrant labor agency, used his connections in the industry to rent an apartment in Shulin, New Taipei City, as a dormitory for migrant workers. He also recruited missing migrant workers through two Indonesian women, and then hired them to illegal employers to do nursing and cleaning work. The mobile team of the North District Affairs Team of the Immigration Department first seized the missing migrant workers surnamed W at a residential house in Sanchong. After investigation, they arrested a total of 14 people who were suspected of running an illegal agency group for a long time. Lin was arrested and charged with violating the Employment Services Act.

The Northern District Affairs Brigade of the Immigration Department issued a press release today stating that last year, the mobile team seized a missing Indonesian migrant worker W at a residential house in Sanchong, New Taipei City, who was engaged in taking care of the elderly and young children and sorting out resource recycling. After investigation, it was found that an illegal intermediary group was suspected of hiding behind the scenes. The New Taipei District Prosecutor's Office was immediately reported to command the investigation. A task force was formed by the Mobile Team of the Northern District Affairs Brigade of the Immigration Agency and the Taoyuan City Special Task Force to pursue the case.

The task force found that Su Lin, who is about 50 years old, was originally a legal migrant labor agency. He used his industry contacts to rent a suite in a mansion building in Shulin District, New Taipei City, as a dormitory since July 2018. Indonesian women S and E recruited missing migrant workers as fellow villagers and placed them in a centralized place. They were then intermediary to various illegal employer premises to engage in nursing, child care, and cleaning work.

After several months of surveillance and surveillance, the task force gathered relevant evidence and found that in addition to traveling to the dormitory in high-priced luxury cars, Sue Lin also collected agency fees from illegal employers. After checking the financial accounts and comparing the cash flow, it was found that Sue Lin had collected illegal agency fees of 40 million yuan in 7 years. After collecting evidence, At the end of April this year, the net was closed with arrest tickets and search tickets. The main suspect named Lin, the accomplices S and E, nine missing migrant workers, and a total of 14 illegal employers named Huang and Lin were brought to the case. An additional 400,000 yuan in illegal income was seized. In August this year, the whole case was transferred to the New Taipei District Prosecutor's Office for investigation in accordance with the violation of the Employment Services Act.

The Immigration Agency stated that in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Service Act, those who illegally mediate foreigners to work for others with the intention of making a profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term detention, or a fine of not more than NT$1.2 million; illegally hiring foreigners without permission is subject to a fine of not less than NT$150,000 and not more than NT$750,000. Those who commit the crime again within five years will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years. We urge citizens not to take chances and test the law.