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And while the marriage contracts are legitimate, these new brides find themselves working either as beggars or as sex workers.<ref>Manar Ammar - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.bikyamasr.com/79064/human-trafficking-sex-trade-to-egypt-on-the-rise-jordan-reported-as-hub/|2=2012-10-06}} Human trafficking, sex trade to Egypt on the rise, Jordan reported as hub] - Bikya Masr, October 3, 2012</ref>}} | And while the marriage contracts are legitimate, these new brides find themselves working either as beggars or as sex workers.<ref>Manar Ammar - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.bikyamasr.com/79064/human-trafficking-sex-trade-to-egypt-on-the-rise-jordan-reported-as-hub/|2=2012-10-06}} Human trafficking, sex trade to Egypt on the rise, Jordan reported as hub] - Bikya Masr, October 3, 2012</ref>}} | ||
{{Quote|October, 2012|Saudi authorities have apprehended more than '''44,500 would-be pilgrims on their way to Makkah and Medina with fake permits'''.<BR>. . .<BR> | |||
The latest group of people to be apprehended included 1,300 non-Saudi would-be pilgrims travelling on 26 buses coming from the capital Riyadh and Al Ahsa in eastern Saudi Arabia, the passport directorate said. | |||
Investigations revealed that each of the would-be pilgrims paid SR3,500 to a fake agency, believed to be based in Jeddah, to sign up and perform the pilgrimage.<ref>Habib Toumi - [{{Reference archive|1=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/44-673-arrested-for-fake-haj-permits-1.1092937|2=2012-10-29}} 44,673 arrested for fake Haj permits] - Gulf News, October 23, 2012</ref>}} | |||
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