SLBFE Officials Suspended Over Rs. 250M Fraud in Foreign Job Training Scheme

• CNL Reporter
• May 6, 2025
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Six individuals, including an Additional General Manager of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), were suspended on May 5 over an alleged Rs. 250 million financial fraud.

The scam involved fraudulently exempting nearly 35,000 women from mandatory training before their first overseas domestic jobs between 2022 and August 2024. Women were charged Rs. 100,000–140,000 each using forged documents claiming prior overseas work experience.

Investigations revealed that many untrained workers faced abuse and dangerous conditions abroad due to the lack of preparation

Sources indicated that this large-scale financial fraud was carried out by women who had not previously worked abroad but submitted forged documents claiming prior overseas employment experience… There have also been accounts of untrained domestic workers being subjected to various forms of violence and abuse in foreign countries, sources addeD